Protests in Belarus
Elena Gapova on the protests in Belarus.
September 11, 2020
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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
Trash Protests and Leninopad
Two short audio pieces from the Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia. “The Great Russian Trash Crisis” by Seth Farkas and “An Empty Pedestal: Ukraine after Leninopad” by Sabrina Beaver.
August 31, 2020
Soviet Military Masculinity
Guest: Erica Fraser on Military Masculinity and Postwar Recovery in the Soviet Union published by the University of Toronto Press.
August 23, 2020
REEES Faculty Spotlight: Olga Klimova
Faculty Spotlight on the University of Pittsburgh’s Olga Klimova.
August 21, 2020
Human Rights
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. 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
The Let’s Pretend Game
This week’s Russia! Magazine column, “The Magnitsky Minstrelsy“: The passage of the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 last December sent US-Russia
April 18, 2013