Leonid Ragozin

Leonid Ragozin is an independent journalist and Lonely Planet author based in Moscow. He has contributed to Business Week, Guardian, Time, Buzzfeed and The New Republic. He previously worked as BBC producer and Russian Newsweek foreign correspondent. He tweets at @leonidragozin

Speaking to the Russophones

Whether the EU likes it or not, millions of its residents belong to the Russophone cultural sphere. But how should we speak to them?

By Leonid Ragozin

/ 21 Jan 2015

Down with Lenin!

As they are toppled one after another in cities across the country, statues of Lenin are becoming an endangered species in Ukraine. But Lenin the political symbol is still alive and kicking.

By Leonid Ragozin

/ 13 Oct 2014