Andrey Kurkov

Andrey Kurkov is a Ukrainian novelist and journalist who lives in Kyiv.

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Diary

I am once again woken up by the unpleasant buzzing of Russian drones

Also this week: Volodymyr Zelensky’s purchasing power and cross-pollination warfare.

By Andrey Kurkov

Diary

Despite three years of war, Ukrainians do not despair

By Andrey Kurkov

War in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelensky’s theatre of nightmares

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War in Ukraine

Letter from Ukraine: new year, same war

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War in Ukraine

In Ukraine, Russian is now “the language of the enemy”

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Despite three years of war, Ukrainians do not despair

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Letter from Kyiv: While Ukraine’s oligarchs flee, my friends and I have Sunday lunch

The Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov writes how life in his country feels – mostly – ordinary.

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Is Ukraine next?

With Georgia in pieces, Ukraine could be the next to fall to Russia's territorial ambition, separati

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The death of Solzhenitsyn

The Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov on how the author of the Gulag Archipelago, who relate

By Andrey Kurkov

Russian rally

Was it the car or the country? The Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov travelled from St Petersburg to Ek

By Andrey Kurkov

NS Special Report – The eternal winter

The fate of thousands was decided by a Soviet official with a pair of compasses. The renowned Ukrain

By Andrey Kurkov