About Maxim Trudolyubov
Maxim Trudolyubov is the Opinion Page Editor and columnist for Russia’s most influential, independent business daily Vedomosti (founded by Financial Times and Wall Street Journal). He is also Associate Director at the Center for New Media and Society at the New Economic School, Moscow.
Articles by Maxim Trudolyubov
Russia may be a huge land mass, but Maksim Trudolyubov believes it is
better to think of it as a pattern of islands, divided not by geography but by a
host of other factors. Here he looks at the island group he himself inhabits –
the independent media – as it battles against the waves. 
Russia’s attitude to events in Syria and her stated determination to respect the viewpoints of both sides in that conflict is a cause for concern and reflection. It is, however, no more than another manifestation of President Putin’s aversion to the idea of any independence, for either his allies or his own citizens, says Maxim Trudolyubov
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