Blind Activism in the Cold War
Guest: Cristina Galmarini on international blind activism from the communist bloc during the Cold War.
April 30, 2021
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Environmental Activism in Russia
Guests: Konstantin Fokin and Angelina Davydova on environmental activism in Russia.
April 23, 2021
Gogol’s Town of N
Guest: Anne Lounsbery on Life Is Elsewhere: Symbolic Geography in the Russian Provinces, 1800–1917 published by Cornell University Press.
April 16, 2021
Trash in (post-)Communist Eastern Europe
Guests: Elana Resnick and Viktor Pal on waste, recycling, reuse, and race in (post-)Communist Eastern Europe.
April 9, 2021
Navalny and Next
Guests: Ilya Budraitskis, Svetlana Erpyleva, and Greg Yudin on Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition, and the prospects of political pluralism in Russian society.
March 27, 2021
Human Rights
March 5, 2021
December 19, 2016
July 15, 2016
The Callousness of Russian Intensive Care Units
I don’t normally hype the translations I’ve been doing on side for Meduza’s English portal. I feel I don’t need to promote everything. But I
April 28, 2016
The Mysterious Poisoning of Vladimir Kara-Murza
Guest: Carl Shreck on the poisoning of Vladimir Kara-Muza.
January 17, 2016
Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis
Guest: Brian Milakovsky on the humanitarian crisis in the Donbas.
June 5, 2015
Ukraine: Two Heroes, Two Revolutions
By William Risch I have made three trips to Ukraine since protests began there in late November 2013. Â On January 18, I found myself taking
March 22, 2014
Gay Propaganda Uptick
As I noted in my Nation article on the gay propaganda law (which, by the way, has been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award), there
January 31, 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
Will Pussy Riot be Amnestied?
Will Pussy Riot, several Bolotnaya participants, and all Greenpeace activists be amnestied? So reports Izvestiia: The president has jointly decided with human rights activists who
December 9, 2013