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Konstantin Sonin
@k_sonin
Political economist, John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, @HarrisPolicy at @UChicago.
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Joined May 2010
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    Aug 1, 2024
    I want to thank whoever paid attention in @JoeBiden's administration and among those who advised it - for inclusion of Alexandra Skochilenko in today's exchange. Some of the Russian political prisoners that we released are opposition leaders or world-famous activists. Sasha
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    Mar 6, 2022
    A Russian anti-war poster, March 6, 2022.
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    Dec 9, 2022
    Cannot stop thinking about today's fire in the former IKEA mall near Moscow. When it opened in 2000, it was a whole new world for us. The pucture is so symbolic of Putin's destruction of Russia. Everything good has to go.
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    Mar 3, 2023
    This is hilarious. And embarrassing. Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Lavrov says "the war we are trying to stop was launched against us" and the Indian audience - supposedly sympathetic - audibly laughs. Russian "diplomats" think that the lies they use to feed Putin's fantasies
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    Apr 14, 2022
    Two symbols of Putin's Russia. Cruiser Moscow, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, sank today. Cost: $750 mln. Dilbar, a luxury yacht of a Putin's close associate, seized today. Cost: $800 mln.
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    Jan 14, 2023
    Attacking civilian buildings with ballistic missiles is a war crime. The results of today's strike on Dnipro, one of the largest cities in Ukraine. Putin and other war criminals must be defeated and brought to justice.
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    May 16, 2023
    Shame on you, @elonmusk. I know less of George Soros activity in the US, but his contribution to Russia's science, education, and civil society in 1990s was universally positive. Soros' money allowed thousands of Russian scientists and students to stay in science and stay in
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    Feb 21, 2023
    Dr. @irgarner asked - One year from the invasion, what is the most iconic image from Russia’s war in Ukraine? My choice is this. ... The president is here. The national security advisor is here. The minister of defense is here. We are here. This was an episode of historic
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    Jan 28, 2023
    This is horrible to watch. Putin kills @navalny, the jailed leader of the Russian opposition, in the broad daylight.
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    Sep 20, 2025
    Evil clowns. Last week, Putin visited a factory (Motovilikhinskie zavody) and met "workers." And of course - of course! - the "workers" were the same security officers who posed as "fishermen" he met 2016, "grieving widows" in 2017, and "soldiers" in 2022. A traveling circus.
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    Dec 26, 2022
    Putin says he is ready to negotiate as he is desperate for a pause to regroup and launch new attacks. Remember he could end the war at any moment - just stop bombing Ukrainian cities and withdraw troops from Ukraine. Yet he does not need peace, he just needs time to regroup.
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    Mar 18, 2023
    Aren't they a beautiful couple? Ludmila Razumova and Alexander Martynov are not political activists and not famous. They just got 6 and 7 years in prison for telling the truth about atrocities committed by Russian troops in Ukraine. A couple of posts on social media, a couple of
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    Aug 16, 2024
    There is one thing about Ukraine's offensive in Russian Kursk, in its 10th day, which is mind-boggling. Ukrainian army controls a large swath of the Russian land, about 80 small towns and villages. And yet... there is zero protests again the Ukrainian army on these territories.
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    Konstantin Sonin
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    Mar 1, 2024
    Moscow, March 1, @navalny funeral. It is simply very dangerous to be there, yet thousands of people came.
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