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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Moscow’s Mysterious Move
Owen Matthews on why Putin stands up for tax avoiders. MORE
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The Oligarch in Exile
Owen Matthews remembers the oligarch he knew, whose wealth and power seemed to bend the world... MORE
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The End of Putinomics
A dozen years of prosperity and stability have kept Russia’s leader wildly popular.... MORE
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Sergei Magnitsky Lives
A slain whistleblower returns to haunt the Kremlin. MORE
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10 Wonders of Istanbul
Enjoy cocktails by one of history’s most important waterways and take in the magnificent sunsets of... MORE
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Putin’s ‘Katrina Moment?’
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Russian Rocket Downed Plane
The Turkish jet shot out of the sky by Syrian fire was almost certainly hit by a rocket provided by... MORE
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Tensions Rise in Turkey
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that any Syrian vehicle approaching the... MORE
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Putin’s Unlikely Foe
A Russian It-girl’s fall from Kremlin insider to ‘traitor.’ By Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova. MORE
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Syria Defied at Sea
A Russian ship was to deliver choppers to Syria—until a U.K. insurer made it a pariah.... MORE
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Love in the Gulag
Orlando Figes’s ‘Just Send Me Word’ is the true-life love affair via letters between a Gulag... MORE
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Turkey’s Pitched Abortion Battle
In the latest clash over the role of religion in Turkish society, thousands in Istanbul have... MORE
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Russia Still Backing Assad
Even in the aftermath of the brutal killings of 108 people by pro-regime militias, Moscow is... MORE
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Meet Igor the Tank Engineer
Who needs the urban elites when you have Russia’s heartland? MORE
