Maxim Trudolyubov edits The Russia File, the Kennan Institute’s publication, and writes on Russian politics, society, and institutions. He was editorial page editor of Vedomosti (2003–2015) and has contributed opinion essays to The International New York Times and Newsweek. From 2020 to 2024, he edited the Ideas section at Meduza, the premier Russian-language news site. His awards and fellowships include the Paul Klebnikov Prize (2007), a Yale World Fellowship (2009), and a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard (2010–11). Trudolyubov’s books include The Tragedy of Property: Private Life, Ownership, and the Russian State (Polity, 2018) and, as co-author, Roots of Russia’s War in Ukraine (Columbia University Press, 2015).