American Tourism to the USSR
Guest: Andrew Jacobs on American tourism to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
November 9, 2020
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Pogroms and Race Riots
Guests: Steven Zipperstein and Michael Pfeifer on anti-Jewish and anti-Black violence in Russia and the United States.
October 30, 2020
From Aliaska to Alaska
Guests: Bathsheba Demuth and Ilya Vinkoveysky on Russian and American colonialism and the environment in Alaska.
October 23, 2020
American Famine Relief to Soviet Russia
Guest: Douglas Smith on The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
October 16, 2020
Russian and American Empire
Guests: Daniel Immerwahr and Willard Sunderland on American and Russian Empire.
October 9, 2020
Scandal
“I’m for sure way more powerful than you are.”
I’ve encountered a lot of interesting people in my seven years of blogging. But none have been as flamboyant as the infamous La Russophobe. Here’s
March 2, 2013
Meteor Mania
Here’s what we know so far: A meteor disintegrated outside of the Ural city of Chelyabinsk. The space rock was 17 meters wide, weighed an
February 17, 2013
“Rocket” to Russia
It just goes to show that there are two things that will bring Russia to the world’s attention: a Vladimir Putin PR stunt and a
February 15, 2013
A Worker’s Struggle
This translation is originally published on N+1 Magazine In August 2012, the magazine Russian Reporter published a long, detailed article on Valentin Urusov, a diamond
January 25, 2013
Speedy Delivery
Gerard Depardieu’s rapid naturalization as a Russian citizen has raised ire inside and outside of Russia. For one of the better comment’s on Depardieugate, I
January 9, 2013
For the Spies Among Us
This morning I received a odd question in my daily Vedomosti alert: Would you be more careful associating with foreigners because of increased secrecy in
October 20, 2012
Udaltsov’s October
The Kremlin seems capable of creating two types of figures: heroes and martyrs. The production of heroes is crystal clear and requires no elaboration. Martyrs,
October 18, 2012
The Riot of the Faithful
The fall out from the Pussy Riot scandal continues unabated. But the activities are less from Riot’s supporters, and more from their detractors. Indeed, it
September 29, 2012
Orthodoxy’s Young Street Fighting Men?
Just when you thought Pussy Riot would fade into the media ether (Gazeta.ru removed its “Pussy Riot Affair” link from its main page, after all.),
August 31, 2012
Nashi is Dead! Long Live . . . ?
Russian translation of this post, courtesy of Inosmi. Update on the Update: More on the Nashi website “403 Forbidden.” Alexey Sidorenko tweeted “for some time
April 7, 2012