He was a star of Russia’s opposition journalism. Now he’s a corporal in Ukraine’s army.

He was a star of Russia’s opposition journalism. Now he’s a corporal in Ukraine’s army.

Kharkiv, Ukraine • Until a couple of years ago Peter Ruzavin was a wunderkind of Russian opposition journalism. Starting at age 18, he worked as a reporter and then a host at TV Rain, the country’s leading independent channel. Then, as a podcaster, he covered Russian prisons and the war in Ukraine. Now, at 34, he is a corporal in uniform — a Ukrainian uniform. He serves with a drone unit in Kharkiv. “I feel lucky,” he told me when I visited him …