The Black Russian
Guest: Vladimir Alexandrov on The Black Russian published by Grove Press.
July 10, 2020
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Censorship in Late Stalinist Classical Music
Guest: Leah Goldman on censorship and collaboration in the production of Late Stalinist classical music.
July 3, 2020
Pogroms and Blood Libel in the Soviet Union
Guest: Elissa Bemporad on Legacy of Blood: Jews, Pogroms, and Ritual Murder in the Lands of the Soviets published by Oxford University Press.
June 26, 2020
Plots Against Russia
Guest: Eliot Borenstein on Plots Against Russia: Conspiracy and Fantasy after Socialism published by Cornell University Press.
June 19, 2020
The Baltics In-Between
Guest: Aliide Naylor on The Shadow in the East: Vladimir Putin and the New Baltic Front published by Bloomsbury.
June 15, 2020
Litvinenko
Russian Reaction to Livinenko Murder Charges
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December 2, 2010
Not Much to Gawk About
Scott Anderson’s article “Vladimir Putin’s Dark Rise to Power” is a throwback to the 1990s when ex-KGBmen turned mafioso, private security, or hired hands to
September 6, 2009
Nashi Pisses on Nemtsov
A suspected murderer, an ex-KGB turned oligarch, and a “dissident” liberal are all part of what will prove to be a mayoral election of the
March 23, 2009
Russia’s “Fierce Critics”
I was reading Amy Knight’s review of Letter to Anna: The Story of Journalist Politkovskaya’s Death and there were those two words again: “fierce critic.”
October 18, 2008
Poisonmania!
The Russians are evil and pose a clear and present danger to Britain. That’s at least what being spewed in the British press. Recent days
July 8, 2008
Cutting Smoke and Smashing Mirrors
The Litvinenko Affair continues to be the story that just won’t go away. Perhaps for good reason. The British and Russians have done a lot
May 3, 2008
Litvinenko Murder Saga Continues
The recent flurry in the comments section over the polonium poisoning of Aleksandr Litvinenko has inspired me to revisit the issue. When I last left
April 3, 2008
An Apple a Day Keeps the Prosecutors Away
Andrei Lugovoi has a trump card: becoming a Duma MP. If Zhirinovsky’s LDPR polls over the 7 percent threshold, which it is expected to do,
November 25, 2007
MI6 Bitch
So there you have it. Sounds like Andrei Lugovoi was right after all. The London Daily Mail revealed today that Alexandr Litvinenko was indeed a
October 29, 2007
Lugovoi the Liar
With all the hoopla around the Anna Politkovskaya murder case, we’ve forgotten to check in with good ol’Andrei Lugovoi to see how he’s doing. Whether
August 30, 2007