Natalia Antonova

Natalia Antonova is a writer, journalist, and online safety expert based in Washington.

Articles by Natalia Antonova
A flower is seen in a broken window in a Ukraine building riddled with bullet holes.
A flower is seen in a broken window in a Ukraine building riddled with bullet holes.

A Tale of Haunted Love Captures Wartime Ukraine
Review
Natalia Antonova
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Central Bank of Russia chief Elvira Nabiullina at the Kremlin in Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Central Bank of Russia chief Elvira Nabiullina at the Kremlin in Moscow.

Russia’s Bank Chief Is Running Her Own PR Campaign
Argument
Natalia Antonova
People walk by a Christmas tree next to the St. Sophia cathedral during Orthodox Christmas Eve in Kyiv.
People walk by a Christmas tree next to the St. Sophia cathedral during Orthodox Christmas Eve in Kyiv.

‘Calling Ukraine’ Captures a World the War Destroyed
Review
Natalia Antonova
Russian President Vladimir Putin, a 70-year-old man wearing a black suit and tie, leans forward with his hands on the table in front of him as he speaks into a microphone.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, a 70-year-old man wearing a black suit and tie, leans forward with his hands on the table in front of him as he speaks into a microphone.

Putin’s Stability Was Always a Myth
Argument
Natalia Antonova
A couple walk past a billboard calling for a stop to domestic violence in Beijing
A couple walk past a billboard calling for a stop to domestic violence in Beijing

Chinese Courts Want Abused Women to Shut Up
Review
Natalia Antonova
Volunteers and special forces are put through their paces during military training at a "Russian University of Special Forces" center in the town of Gudermes, Chechnya.
Volunteers and special forces are put through their paces during military training at a "Russian University of Special Forces" center in the town of Gudermes, Chechnya.

War With Chechnya Brutalized Russian Society, and Ukraine Is Paying the Price
Argument
Natalia Antonova
Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. journalist detained in Russia, is escorted out of the Lefortovsky District Court in Moscow.
Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. journalist detained in Russia, is escorted out of the Lefortovsky District Court in Moscow.

Get Out of Russia
Argument
Natalia Antonova
Family members grieve on the coffin of murdered civilian Ruslan Nechyporenko, 47, during his graveside funeral in Bucha, Ukraine.
Family members grieve on the coffin of murdered civilian Ruslan Nechyporenko, 47, during his graveside funeral in Bucha, Ukraine.

Even Recorded Murders Won’t Turn Russia Against the War
Argument
Natalia Antonova
Kosovo Albanians sit next to a U.S. flag in Pristina.
Kosovo Albanians sit next to a U.S. flag in Pristina.

Iraq’s Damage Created a Strain of Permanent American Defeatism
Argument
Natalia Antonova
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 4.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 4.

Putin’s War Was Never About NATO
Argument
Natalia Antonova
Customers walk past a closed shop counter at the Atrium shopping center in Moscow on March 17.
Customers walk past a closed shop counter at the Atrium shopping center in Moscow on March 17.

Western Companies Still in Russia Are Making a Big Mistake
Argument
Natalia Antonova
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony.

Putin Made Fools Out of His Admirers
Argument
Natalia Antonova
A Ukrainian serviceman in Donetsk
A Ukrainian serviceman in Donetsk

Russians Believe Ukrainians Want to Be ‘Liberated’
Argument
Natalia Antonova
Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) listens to Dmitry Rogozin (left), the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, as they visit the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur region on Sept. 4.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) listens to Dmitry Rogozin (left), the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, as they visit the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur region on Sept. 4.

Scientists Want Out of Russia
Argument
Natalia Antonova
A picture of the Belarusian exile Vitaly Shishov is held by an activist
A picture of the Belarusian exile Vitaly Shishov is held by an activist

The Belarusian Diaspora Is Terrified as Lukashenko’s Killings Spiral
Argument
Natalia Antonova
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