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From Russia with Love and Hate: The New Cold War as Relationship Drama

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By Ivan Ninenko “Let’s imagine the USSR and the USA as individuals. And let me tell you their story. They had an amazing, engrossing love-hate relationship, which started just after the Second World War.” For most of my adult life … Continue reading

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What Does the Motherland Begin With?

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By Ivan Grek On November 5, President Vladimir Putin met with Russian historians and made several alarming statements. He instructed historians that their work should protect the interests of the Russian state. Putin also rehabilitated the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and accused … Continue reading

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Covering American Football in the Urals

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Check out the ongoing blog on American football that Keary Iarussi (Miami, 2014) is writing for sports.ru while he is teaching English in Ekaterinburg, Russia: http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/36th_studio/681643.html

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Putin’s Gone Rogue

It is now clear that what is going on in Crimea and eastern Ukraine is all an elaborate show, planned and directed by Moscow. Given the wording in a resolution unanimously passed by the Russian Federation Council giving Vladimir Putin … Continue reading

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Not What Putin Bargained For

What transpired in Ukraine last week was nothing short of remarkable; after three months of mass protests against the decision of their president, Viktor Yanukovych, not to sign a deal which would’ve brought Ukraine and the European Union closer, Ukrainians … Continue reading

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