Alexei Bayer News Today

In Hulu's excellent series The Great, starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult, sometimes the body politic is just the human body.

Moscow’s ability to cope with the economic pressure is discouraging – but it’s only part of the picture.

Russia's economy is suffering from Western sanctions imposed after the Ukraine invasion – and new measures from the EU are looming.

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, the World Bank, and IMF disagree on how the Russian economy is doing.

"Many international economists, including official organizations, have bought into this type of Russian propaganda," economist Alexei Bayer said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mikhail Klimentyev/Getty Images Russias economic data is full of lies and distortions, economist Alexei Bayer wrote.…

KGB Chief Andropov has tapped Matyushkin to solve a brazen jewel heist from Picasso's wife at the posh Metropole Hotel. But when the case bleeds over into murder, machinations, and international intrigue, not everyone is eager to see where the clues might lead.

The murder of a poet is always more than a murder. When a famous writer is brutally stabbed on the campus of Moscow's Lumumba University, the son of a recently deposed African president confesses, and the case assumes political implications that no one wants any part&#x...

A book that dares to explore the humanity of priests and pilgrims, saints and sinners, Faith & Humor has been both a runaway bestseller in Russia and the focus of heated controversy – as often happens when a thoughtful writer takes on sacred cows. The stories,&#x20...

Alexei Bayer is the Eastern Europe Editor of The Globalist.