Julia Ioffe

Julia Ioffe is a former staff writer at The Atlantic.

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  1. Ban the Olympics

    They encourage profligate spending and help dictators burnish their prestige. Who needs them?

    Athletes from the United States have won five gold medals at Pyeongchang in 2018.
    Richard Heathcote / Getty
  2. What Putin Really Wants

    Russia's strongman president has many Americans convinced of his manipulative genius. He's really just a gambler who won big.

    Jeff Elkins; Alexey Kurbatov and Muti