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          Ask a Correspondent: Moscow Bureau Chief edition
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          It’s our first edition of Ask a Correspondent, and we’ll be answering some of the questions you sent for Anton Troianovski, our Moscow bureau chief. Thank you for all the thoughtful messages. You sent in so many great questions, it was hard to choose! You’ll have more chances to grill Times journalists soon.
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          Anton was born in Moscow, but left what was then the Soviet Union when he was four and grew up mostly in the U.S. He has become a trusted guide to Russia’s war in Ukraine, but he’s also a lot of fun (read his account of snacking on
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          frozen reindeer blood
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          and this story on
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          taking a crude oil bath at a spa in Azerbaijan
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          .) I was lucky enough to briefly share an office with him: In 2022, when I was Berlin bureau chief, the Times moved Anton and much of his team to Germany when the war began. Today he leads a group of journalists reporting from inside and outside of Russia.
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          Now, we’ll turn it over to Anton.
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          What’s the biggest challenge that you face when trying to write a story and not being based in Moscow? It must be a challenge not meeting people face to face.
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          Daniel Heaslip, Ireland
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          Yes, it’s an enormous challenge. We do our best to maintain all the connections we can to life inside Russia. Our team interviews people by encrypted call and text every day, we pore over social media and other open sources, and we don’t hesitate to get on a plane for in-person meetings with people traveling outside Russia.
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          But we recognize that all this just isn’t the same as living and working in the country. The biggest challenge I see is that we miss the stories we’re
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          not
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          looking for: the ones inspired by casual conversations, or overheard subway chatter. That’s why The New York Times is still committed to reporting on the ground in Russia when possible. I hope you’ve read the stories that
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          Valerie Hopkins
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          ,
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          Anatoly Kurmanaev
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          ,
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          Ivan Nechepurenko
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          and
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          Nanna Heitmann
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          have filed from inside the country.
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          How is the war in Ukraine affecting the average Russian? How is the loss of thousands of soldiers perceived by average Russians?
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          Tony McNevin, United States
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          Here’s one survey result I find revealing: Since the invasion began, around half of Russians have consistently told the independent pollster Levada they are paying little or no attention to the war in Ukraine.
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          This speaks to the Kremlin’s enormous efforts to shield the average Russian from the reality of war. Huge payments to dead soldiers’ families — and the fact that the war has been largely fought by volunteers — have helped prevent popular unrest. The bite of Western sanctions has been blunted, thanks in part to trade with China. Some Russians have been profiting from the war, like workers in defense-related factories or businesspeople in sectors previously dominated by Western companies. And those who are horrified by it have mostly been scared into silence by
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          Russia’s fiercest wave of state repression in decades
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          .
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          What kind of person is likely to succeed Putin? Does the current opposition (located abroad) have any chances?
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          Ronald Briede, the Netherlands
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          Putin could still stay in power for years to come. He exercises daily and is focused on taking care of his health, people who know him say. The constitution allows him to be president until 2036, at which point he’ll be 83. One former senior Russian official recently told me he wouldn’t be surprised if Putin tried to extend his rule beyond that.
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          He has no obvious successor. He’s taken care to prevent any politician from building their own locus of power. Some speculate that a post-Putin Russia could be ruled by a group like theSoviet Politburo. The opposition has struggled to get traction, especially since the death of
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          Aleksei Navalny
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          last year. But if Putin’s departure were to set off a power struggle, exiled figures could well be part of it; after all, Lenin went from exile to Russian leader in a matter of months.
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          What do you think is the biggest misconception that the West has about Russia and its people?
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          Nikhil Thokal, India
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          When I was based in Russia, I felt one of my most important tasks was to document the depth and diversity of Russia’s regions and challenge the idea that Moscow, St. Petersburg and Putin encompass Russian politics and culture. I was fascinated by the civic life and political activism in remote Arctic cities like
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          Murmansk
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          and
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          Norilsk
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          . I was compelled by the independent-minded scientists, journalists and tech entrepreneurs in
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          Yakutsk
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          in Siberia. Some of this texture has been wiped away by the repression and militarism of the last three years, but much of it is still there.
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