Nikolai Klimeniouk

Nikolai Klimeniouk writes about culture and politics in Germany and Russia. He is the former editor of Forbes Russia, Moscow's Bolshoi Gorod city magazine and several other publications. Since 2014, he is a freelance writer based in Berlin writing for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and other German media.

Clean hands and empty heads: Transparency International’s new report on Russian theatre

Transparency International-Russia’s recent report on the financial operations of Russia’s state theatres is yet more evidence that the anti-corruption agenda is squeezing out concerns for human rights. RU

By Nikolai Klimeniouk

/ 2 Nov 2017

Death by Crimea

As long as Russia holds on to the Ukrainian peninsula, it will not and cannot change for the better. Русский

By Nikolai Klimeniouk

/ 20 Mar 2017

What the victory of Donald Trump can teach us

As America’s president-elect prepares for office, it’s important to understand the nature of the new political reality — and how we should deal with it. Русский

By Nikolai Klimeniouk

/ 24 Nov 2016

How “Operation Liza” failed

The failure of a recent Russian propaganda campaign in Germany tells us that Kremlin strategists know nothing about the country, nor its sizeable Russian-speaking population. Русский

By Nikolai Klimeniouk

/ 19 Feb 2016