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
Media
Iran’s “Green Revolution” in Russia
As hundreds of thousands protesters fill the streets of Tehran and other provincial centers, one can’t help think that we’ve seen this all before. So
June 19, 2009
Georgian War Goes “Live Action”
Updated: Trailer with subtitles. For those who are still confused as to the correct narrative of the Georgian War last August, Pervyi kanal will be
March 22, 2009
The Steel Pipe Hobbles the Pen
“I’m typing with one hand. The second doesn’t work. Moreover, I’m very bruised in two places on the thigh of my left leg , in
March 19, 2009
Consolatory Cops
The opening paragraph of Kommersant‘s article on Stanislav Markelov’s funeral reads: Ostankinskoe cemetery where the jurist Stanislav Markelov was to be buried was heavily guarded.
January 24, 2009
Leads on Markelov Case Cold
A definitive narrative is forming in the Russian mainstream press about the Markelov-Baburova murders. This narrative says that it is unlikely that Colonel Yuriy Budanov
January 23, 2009
Who Killed Stanislav Markelov? Let the Theories Begin!
Stanislav Markelov had a lot of enemies. In addition to representing the Kungayev family, his other clients included: Khimkinskaya Pravda editor Mikhail Beketov (he’s on
January 21, 2009
Human Rights Lawyer, Journalist Executed in Moscow
As many already know, human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Novaya gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova were gunned down in Moscow near the Kropotkinskaya metro on
January 19, 2009
Touched by the Hand of Putin
Prime Minister Putin continued his annual Q&A with the Russian people on Thursday. A full English transcript is now available on Putin’s website. Russia watchers
December 5, 2008
Event: “What is Russia Thinking?”
For those of you in the New York area, I will be a participant in “What is Russia Thinking? The Word from the Last of
November 20, 2008
The Open Trial that Wasn’t
On Tuesday, it looked as if the Anna Politkovskaya trial would be open to journalists. Today, the judge Yevgeny Zubov, decided at the last moment
November 19, 2008