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Guest: Niko Vorobyov on the adventures in dopeworld.
October 2, 2020
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Russian Serfdom and American Slavery
Guests: Amanda Brickell Bellows and Alessandro Stanziani on Russian serfdom and American slavery.
September 25, 2020
SRB Presents: Geopolitics on the Move
Presenting Geopolitics on the Move, a podcast series I recorded this summer with Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor of Russia in Global Affairs.
September 23, 2020
Protests in Belarus
Elena Gapova on the protests in Belarus.
September 11, 2020
Biculturalism and the Apollo-Soyuz Mission
The final two short audio pieces from the Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia. “A Brief Conversation on Biculturalism” by Alexandra Diouk and “Remembering the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Mission: 45 years of US-Russian Space Cooperation” by Lisa Becker.
September 2, 2020
Capitalism
The Cost of Crimea
If and when Russia absorbs Crimea, acquiring the peninsula isn’t going to come cheap. The real cost of Crimea might not be sanctions from the
March 8, 2014
Few Answers for Ukraine’s Economy
My article in Warscapes, “Ukraine’s Economy: Between a Rock and a Hard Place“: Note: Due to rapidly developing events on the ground in Ukraine, some
February 23, 2014
Review: Putin’s Games
http://english.share.rferl.org/flashembed.aspx?t=vid&id=25191947&w=640&h=363&skin=embeded My column for Russia Magazine, “Palaces in Sochi on Monday,” Until recently, Sochi was mostly viewed in the context of Russia’s anti-homosexuality laws. No
January 17, 2014
Sochi’s Exploited Labor
My new Russia Magazine column, “Sochi’s Workers: Invisible and Expendable,” “The final stage in such a massive undertaking is always difficult,” Putin told officials in a
December 19, 2013
Ukraine’s EU Association is a Bad Deal
Yesterday, I suggested that Ukrainian protesters are fetishizing Europe. My single point was that in doing this, Ukrainians’ favoring the association agreement with the EU
December 3, 2013
Thoughts on Ukraine
I don’t follow Ukrainian internal politics too closely, but I thought I would offer some thoughts on what is clearly a “revolutionary situation.” The basic
December 2, 2013
Raiding the Biryulyovo Spoils
This week’s Russia Magazine column, “The Economic Spoils of the Biryulyovo Riot,” on the possible reiderstvo of the Pokrovskii fruit and vegetable warehouse. Residents of
October 17, 2013
Russia’s Haves and Have-Nots
This week’s Russia Magazine column, “Russia’s Widening Wealth Inequality,” The Putin years have been financially good for many Russians. Petrodollars have trickled down to a
October 10, 2013
Russia’s Prisoners Labor for the Market
This week’s Russia Magazine column, “The Gulag but Now with a Brutal Commercial Grin,” The political and moral power of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s letter describing the
October 3, 2013
Navalny and Neoliberalism
My latest for Russia! Magazine, “Navalny’s Neoliberalism,” It’s no surprise that Alexei Navalny has come under the political microscope since his mayoral bid took off.
August 1, 2013