Kristaps Andrejsons

Kristaps Andrejsons is a journalist in Latvia and the creator of The Eastern Border podcast on the USSR and modern Eastern European politics. He is also a PhD candidate in communications science.

Articles by Kristaps Andrejsons
A man looks down at his cell phone as he walks on a sidewalk beneath a looming billboard showing a photo of a military pilot, the letter Z, and text in Russian translated as "Everything will work out for us." A Moscow city street is seen beneath a blue sky in the background.
A man looks down at his cell phone as he walks on a sidewalk beneath a looming billboard showing a photo of a military pilot, the letter Z, and text in Russian translated as "Everything will work out for us." A Moscow city street is seen beneath a blue sky in the background.

Russians Expect Nothing From Putin’s War
Argument
Kristaps Andrejsons
Russian soldiers train at a military camp.
Russian soldiers train at a military camp.

Russia’s Military Cruelty Begins With Its Own Conscripts
Argument
Kristaps Andrejsons
Igor Girkin sits inside a glass defendant’s cage during a hearing to consider a request on his pretrial arrest in Moscow.
Igor Girkin sits inside a glass defendant’s cage during a hearing to consider a request on his pretrial arrest in Moscow.

Putin’s Paranoia Has Turned on Russia’s Far Right
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Kristaps Andrejsons
The new Latvian president, Edgars Rinkevics, looks at the camera while sitting at a desk at a press conference. Rinkevics is a middle-aged man wearing a gray suit, blue tie, and glasses. His hands are clasped on the table in front of him.
The new Latvian president, Edgars Rinkevics, looks at the camera while sitting at a desk at a press conference. Rinkevics is a middle-aged man wearing a gray suit, blue tie, and glasses. His hands are clasped on the table in front of him.

Latvia’s New President Wants a Clean Break With the Soviet Past
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Kristaps Andrejsons
Prisoners of a men's penal colony, wearing black clothing and black winter hats, line up in columns in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Prisoners of a men's penal colony, wearing black clothing and black winter hats, line up in columns in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Russia’s Convict-Soldiers Have Their Own Brutal Rules
Argument
Kristaps Andrejsons
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech.
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech.

Putin’s Speech Laid Out a Dark Vision of Russian History
Analysis
Kristaps Andrejsons
A man lights a candle in an Orthodox Christian church in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24.
A man lights a candle in an Orthodox Christian church in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24.

Russia and Ukraine Are Trapped in Medieval Myths
Argument
Kristaps Andrejsons
Soldiers take part in the NATO military exercise "Winter Shield" in Latvia.
Soldiers take part in the NATO military exercise "Winter Shield" in Latvia.

Baltic Citizens Worry They’re Next on Russia’s Menu
Analysis
Kristaps Andrejsons
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