Grigori's organization helped 4,000 soldiers escape from draft mobilization. The hope is that Putin will fail in the end to turn Russia back to totalitarian Soviet past. I will be investigating the stories of Grigori and many like him in a new podcast series called Next Year in Moscow.
After a year of a conflict that was predicted to last just days, we examine the battle lines—seeing an opportunity for Ukraine that may not come around again. We look at the strains on Russian civil society by speaking with self-exiled citizens. And one Ukrainian woman who returned to Kharkiv tells us how the war has changed her.
For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer