Owen Matthews is a Contributing Editor to Newsweek and The Daily Beast based in Moscow and Istanbul. His work has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, the Guardian First Books Award, and France’s Prix Médicis.
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Russia’s Young Hemingway
Chechen War Veteran Zahar Prilepin is an unabashed nationalist and critic of the Kremlin. MORE
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Fascist Russia?
The Kremlin plays a dangerous game by pandering to far-right hate groups. MORE
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Turkey's Headless Military
The once all-powerful military lost its top commanders, but there seems to be little impact.... MORE
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Ex-KGB Spy Mulls Reviving Tabloid
Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova report on the Russian mogul interested in resurrecting News of the... MORE
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Russians Win the Space Race
The last shuttle mission marks the end of an era for NASA, while Russia’s program continues upward.... MORE
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Nuke Scare Rocks Eastern Europe
The arrests of six suspected nuclear smugglers in Moldova offer a chilling reminder that dangerous... MORE
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The Kremlin’s Loyal Opposition
Mikhail Prokhorov is the likely leader of a new opposition party in upcoming elections—but Putin... MORE
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Who's Behind the Turkish Sex Tapes?
Scandalous videos revealing philandering members of Turkey’s Nationalist Action Party have rocked... MORE
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Nacho Duato Shakes Up Russia's Mikhailovsky Ballet
St. Petersburg’s Mikhailovsky theatre has hired a—gasp!... MORE
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Mideast Mourns for Shot Turkish Singer Tatlises
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It's Not Chernobyl
Despite the scary race to prevent two meltdowns in Japan, the man who led the Chernobyl response... MORE
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Islamists Look to Turkey for Inspiration
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Russia's Anna Chapman Cashes In
In the seven months since being arrested by the FBI and drummed out of the U.S.... MORE
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Moscow Splurges on a New Armada
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