Mikhail Zygar

Russian journalist, director, former editor-in-chief of the TV Rain channel, author of several books

  1. The moment when journalists start being afraid or their bosses, their editors, start being afraid of touching some topics, that's, that's the moment when we should know that we're in trouble.
    Mikhail Zygar · The Lawfare Podcast · Lawfare Archive: Mikhail Zygar on Putin, the Russia-Ukraine War, and Press Freedom · 2026-09-27
  2. He embraced this war, he started loving it, and he found that that's the only mechanism for him to remain in control, to stay in power forever.
    Mikhail Zygar · The Lawfare Podcast · Lawfare Archive: Mikhail Zygar on Putin, the Russia-Ukraine War, and Press Freedom · 2026-09-27
  3. Surprisingly, most of them hate the war. Surprisingly, they don't really want this war to go on, but they have no voice.
    Mikhail Zygar · The Lawfare Podcast · Lawfare Archive: Mikhail Zygar on Putin, the Russia-Ukraine War, and Press Freedom · 2026-09-27