Paul Sonne
@PaulSonne
@nytimes correspondent focusing on Russia & Ukraine. Formerly @WashingtonPost @WSJ in Washington, Moscow, London. RT ≠ endorsement. [email protected]
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https://www.nytimes.com 17-08-2009 21:31:14
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At least one in four Russian convicts sent to the front from a Chelyabinsk prison were killed. Most who lived suffered serious injuries. An incredibly in-depth look, led by Anatoly Kurmanaev, at how Russia's convict recruitment tore through one prison: nytimes.com/2023/12/04/wor…
'Before, they didn’t take the older ones, now they take everyone anyway.' In Russia, Valerie Hopkins attends the funeral of a man drafted at the age of 49. nytimes.com/2023/12/01/wor…
How Russian pop stars who took a moral stand against the war in Ukraine are trying to retool careers in exile. With Alex Marshall: nytimes.com/2023/11/24/wor…
“The ruble exchange rate is only an indicator... It is screaming that the economy is very badly balanced, that it’s not functioning properly — and do something, because later on it will be worse.” excellent dispatch on 🇷🇺 by Paul Sonne w me and Janis Kluge
nytimes.com/2023/08/10/bus…
At the last Russia-Africa summit in Sochi in 2019, Putin received 45 heads of state or government. This year, he is expecting only 21 -- a poor turnout the Kremlin is blaming in part on 'outrageous' US interference. With Declan Walsh: nytimes.com/2023/07/26/wor…
African leaders are flying to Russia for a big summit tomorrow. But there's only half as many big names as the last Africa gathering — a sign that all is not rosy with President Vladimir Putin.
Today's story with Paul Sonne nytimes.com/2023/07/26/wor…
More than a year after it was liberated, Bucha has been physically transformed. Yet behind the veneer of revitalization, the pain that suffused the town during the horror of Russian occupation still lingers. Megan Specia Саня Чубко nytimes.com/2023/07/08/wor…
Putin held a lengthy meeting with Prigozhin and his top commanders from the Wagner private military company just five days after the group launched a brief mutiny, Kremlin reveals. Paul Sonne nytimes.com/2023/07/10/wor…
The New York Times' Paul Sonne on the Russian ruble's decline, with a few comments by Alexandra Prokopenko and me.
nytimes.com/2023/07/06/wor…