Ilya Matveev

Ilya Matveev is a researcher and lecturer based in St Petersburg, Russia. He is a founding editor of the online publication Openleft.ru and a member of the research group Public Sociology Laboratory.

Russia and China are moving closer together. Is this a new world order?

Now that Putin and his generals have threatened Russia’s economic power by invading Ukraine, they have one place left to turn: China

By Ilya Matveev

/ 14 Apr 2022

Russia and China are moving closer together. Is this a new world order?

Many Russians don’t want this war. The Left must unite to oppose it

Putin’s aggression has failed to galvanise support at home. Those around the world must reject his actions, argue two Russian writers

By Ilya Matveev and Ilya Budraitskis

/ 24 Feb 2022

Many Russians don’t want this war. The Left must unite to oppose it

The game's afoot: scenarios of power transition in Russia

The transition in Russia has begun. What will it look like?

By Ilya Matveev

/ 22 Jan 2020

While everyone’s watching the football, the Russian government is raising the retirement age

This move signals the end of the Russian federal state’s social commitments. RU

By Ilya Matveev

/ 16 Jun 2018

The big game: Ulyukaev, Sechin and Russia's neopatrimonial privatisation

The arrest of a federal minister shows that, in Russia, the government and the country’s largest state company are increasingly turning to force. Русский

By Ilya Matveev

/ 21 Nov 2016

Russia, Inc.

From “structural reforms” of the 2000s to austerity policies today, neoliberalism has been and remains an organic part of the Putin regime. RU

By Ilya Matveev

/ 16 Mar 2016