Anastasia Edel


Anastasia Edel is a Russian-born American writer and social historian. She is the author of Russia: Putin’s Playground, a concise guide to Russian history, politics, and culture. Her writing has appeared in the New York Review of Books, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Project Syndicate, Quartz, and World Literature Today. She teaches history at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of California, Berkeley.

Articles by Anastasia Edel
An illustration shows Russian President Vladimir Putin on a television set with spinning lines behind him for a story about Russia's TV propaganda.
An illustration shows Russian President Vladimir Putin on a television set with spinning lines behind him for a story about Russia's TV propaganda.
People walk past a Kremlin star bearing the letter Z.
People walk past a Kremlin star bearing the letter Z.
Alexei Navalny marches in a protest in 2017.
Alexei Navalny marches in a protest in 2017.