The US-Russia Rivalry
Guest: Andrei Tsygankov on the ongoing US-Russia rivalry.
June 4, 2021
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The US-Russia-China Triangle
Guest: Thomas Graham on the new “Cold War,” the United States, Russia, and China.
May 28, 2021
Gulag Criminal Subculture
Guest: Mark Vincent on Criminal Subculture in the Gulag: Prisoner Society in the Stalinist Labour Camps published by Bloomsbury.
May 14, 2021
Prostitution in Late Imperial Russia
Guest: Siobhán Hearne on Policing Prostitution: Regulating the Lower Classes in Late Imperial Russia published by Oxford University Press.
May 7, 2021
Blind Activism in the Cold War
Guest: Cristina Galmarini on international blind activism from the communist bloc during the Cold War.
April 30, 2021
KPRF
May Day with the Russian Communists
Two things hit me as I emerged from the Oktyabrskaya metro station on Saturday morning to check out the KPRF May Day march. First was that God himself must have been smiling down on the KPRFers. After several days of on and off rain, his holiness decided to part the clouds, let the sun shine through, and let Russian commies do their thing without the hindrance of rainfall. The second thing that hit me was that unlike most, or should I say every political rally I’ve been to, the Communists began marching on time. Who would have ever guessed Communists to be prompt. And they say Leninist discipline is dead. As soon
May 3, 2010
October 22, 2009
The Year of Stalin
Those communists in Voronezh really, really like Stalin. Last month, the Voronezh KPRF put up billboards of Stalin to promote the dictator’s great achievements. The
July 25, 2009
The Poverty of Russia’s Protests
Protests flared around the world last week in response to the global economic crisis. Last Thursday, a one day general strike of 2.5 million people
February 6, 2009
Communist Circumlocution
Kommersant Vlast‘ made an funny observation about the websites of Russian political parties. Apparently the verbosity and the brevity of a party’s website is connected
November 17, 2008
KPRF takes a stand, Democrats unite, and “Ukraine is not even a state!”
The post election political lull appears to be over as Russia’s politicians gear up for Medvedev’s presidency. As everyone already knows, Medvedev is expected to
April 9, 2008
Paper Pauper Politicians
One of the strange rituals of political campaigns is the wealth disclosure. Not because I think that politicians shouldn’t declare their wealth when they run
January 20, 2008
5th Duma Slated to Look like 4th Duma
Here are the official results TsIK (Central Electoral Commission) head Vladimir Churov gave at a press conference. United Russia: 64.1% Communist Party of the Russian
December 3, 2007
“Hello mama. It’s me, Vladimir. I won the elections”
Putin must love it when a plan comes together. With around 85 percent of precincts reporting, United Russia has captured an albeit predictable landslide. The
December 2, 2007
Waiting for the Clampdown
Responses to the Dissenter’s March continues. The Nation’s Katrina Vanden Huevel calls for a fight to press freedom in Russia. This comes amid news that
November 26, 2007