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Owen Matthews is a Contributing Editor to Newsweek and former reporter for The Daily Beast based in Moscow and Istanbul. His work has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, the Guardian First Books Award, and France’s Prix Médicis.
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My Week at an Austrian Fat Camp
Extreme DietsUnpleasantly pudgy? Allergic to exercise? Give yourself over to Austria’s elite spas. Owen Matthews reports on the pleasures of vegetable broth and colonic irrigation.

E.U. Fight Club
Putin v. WestVladimir Putin is strongarming the leaders of ex-Soviet satellites to ditch their EU aspirations—but his bid to make Russia into an alternative power bloc is failing, says Owen Matthews.

Putin’s Power Play on Syria
Support from Moscow hasn’t usually helped Middle East despots. Until now. By Owen Matthews

Moscow’s Mysterious Move
EASTERN PROMISESOwen Matthews on why Putin stands up for tax avoiders.

The Oligarch in Exile
BORIS AND ME<p><i>Owen Matthews</i> remembers the oligarch he knew, whose wealth and power seemed to bend the world around him.</p>

Putin’s ‘Katrina Moment?’

Russian Rocket Downed Plane
Modern WarfareThe Turkish jet shot out of the sky by Syrian fire was almost certainly hit by a rocket provided by the Russians, reports Owen Matthews.

Tensions Rise in Turkey
High AlertTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that any Syrian vehicle approaching the border “will be treated as a military target.”

Putin’s Unlikely Foe
New RealityA Russian It-girl’s fall from Kremlin insider to ‘traitor.’ By Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova.

Syria Defied at Sea
Shots FiredA Russian ship was to deliver choppers to Syria—until a U.K. insurer made it a pariah. By Owen Matthews.
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