Closing of the Russian Mind

Andrei Kolesnikov is an award-winning journalist, author, and political analyst, writing from within Russia. He was previously a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center. He has won many journalistic awards, including the Russian Golden Quill (Zolotoye Pero Rossii) Award, the Adam Smith Prize, and the 2021 Yegor Gaidar Award for outstanding contribution to the study of history.