Russian Other, American Other
Guests: Dina Fainberg and Victoria Zhuravleva on the history of Russian and American mutual perceptions.
December 18, 2020
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Putin Kitsch in America
Guest: Alison Rowley on Putin Kitsch in America published by McGill-Queen’s University Press.
December 11, 2020
The Wired Cold War
Guests: Ekaterina Babintseva and Slava Gerovitch on cybernetics in the United States and Soviet Union.
December 4, 2020
Grand Duke Alexis Visits America
Guest: Lee Farrow on Alexis in America: A Russian Grand Duke’s Tour, 1871-72 published by Louisiana State University Press.
November 20, 2020
Black Radicalism and the USSR
Guests: Meredith Roman and Minkah Makalani on Black radicalism, the Comintern, and Soviet antiracism.
November 13, 2020
Chechnya
“Why can’t Russia have one too?”
Chechen President and Moscow proxy Razman Kadyrov gave an interview to Kommersant. Here are a few of his choice statements. Putin as President-for-life: “Why can
June 18, 2007
Crying Sun: The Impact Of War In The Mountains Of Chechnya
http://hub.witness.org/flash/player.swf Human rights activist Zarema Mukusheva’s documentary Crying Sun: The Impact Of War In The Mountains Of Chechnya is available for viewing on Google video.
May 22, 2007
Politkovskaya’s Last Article: Designated Terrorists
On Thursday, Novaya gazeta published Anna Politkovskaya’s last article. The article is incomplete. This translation was sent out on Johnson’s Russia List #231, 13 October
October 14, 2006
The Kadyrovtsy’s Methods
Since I’m already on the topic of Chechnya, I urge readers to check out C. J. Chivers’ piece in the NY Times on the torture
August 30, 2006
Interior Ministry Releases Casualties in Chechnya
Exact Russian military casualties in the Chechen War have been hard to pin down. The problem is that the Defense Ministry is known to keep
August 30, 2006
Moscow’s Man in Chechnya
Who is Razman Kadyrov? The Times London’s Tom Parfitt provides the answers in his Sunday feature, “The Republic of Fear,” on the 29 year old
August 22, 2006
Mr. Kadyrov Visits Nashi
Kommersant reports that Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov made a trip to Camp Nashi. Apparently Kadyrov was so impressed that he invited Nashi to set up
July 29, 2006
Chechnya as Potemkin Village
Anne Neistat, a researcher for Human Rights Watch, has written a must read in the new issue of the London Review of Books on her
June 30, 2006
Chechnya & Iraq: Comparable Conflicts?
“Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances
June 6, 2006
Georgi Derluguian’s Bourdieu’s Secret Admirer in the Caucasus
On the right side of this page you will find a “Currently Reading” section. The only reason why I mention this is because of the
April 21, 2006