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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 Diets

Unpleasantly pudgy? Allergic to exercise? Give yourself over to Austria’s elite spas. Owen Matthews reports on the pleasures of vegetable broth and colonic irrigation.

Owen Matthews | Published Oct 27, 2013

E.U. Fight Club

Putin v. West

Vladimir 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.

Owen Matthews | Published Oct 25, 2013

Putin’s Power Play on Syria

Support from Moscow hasn’t usually helped Middle East despots. Until now. By Owen Matthews

Owen Matthews | Published Sep 10, 2013

Moscow’s Mysterious Move

EASTERN PROMISES

Owen Matthews on why Putin stands up for tax avoiders.

Owen Matthews | Published Mar 26, 2013

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>

Owen Matthews | Published Mar 24, 2013

Russian Rocket Downed Plane

Modern Warfare

The Turkish jet shot out of the sky by Syrian fire was almost certainly hit by a rocket provided by the Russians, reports Owen Matthews.

Owen Matthews | Published Jul 01, 2012

Tensions Rise in Turkey

High Alert

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that any Syrian vehicle approaching the border “will be treated as a military target.”

Owen Matthews | Published Jun 26, 2012

Putin’s Unlikely Foe

New Reality

A Russian It-girl’s fall from Kremlin insider to ‘traitor.’ By Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova.

Anna Nemtsova, Owen Matthews | Published Jun 22, 2012

Syria Defied at Sea

Shots Fired

A Russian ship was to deliver choppers to Syria—until a U.K. insurer made it a pariah. By Owen Matthews.

Owen Matthews | Published Jun 19, 2012

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