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By: Olivia Rush A Home Away From Home There’s an age-old superstition that a city will miss you if it rains on the day of your departure. On May 9th this past spring, Almaty, Kazakhstan was covered in a melancholic, … Continue reading
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By Alexa Johnson It was an uncharacteristically cold spring in Oxford, Ohio. My attendance to each of the three talks facilitated by the Havighurst Center were punctuated by my long winter coat, even in the months when one might have … Continue reading
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By Maddie Cramer In a Russian prison cell, one thing helps keep prisoners of war alive: hope. Maksym Butkevych, a journalist, human rights advocate, and former POW, attributes his survival to hope after enduring over two years of harsh imprisonment … Continue reading
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Olivia Patel As media coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war fades into the background, it’s hard to keep such a catastrophic conflict in front of mind. The American media cycle turns hundreds of stories a week — with so much to … Continue reading
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By Charlie Fair At the time of writing, the Russian Invasion of Ukraine is over four years old. The Russo-Ukrainian War has now exceeded the Soviet experience of fighting in the Second World War. Russia has not inched any … Continue reading
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By Grace Farrell Miami University’s Havighurst Center for East European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies hosted a series of storytellers this spring, including Ukrainian POW Maksym Butkevych and “foreign agent” Katerina Gordeeva. The Russian state officially designates anyone who accepts foreign … Continue reading
