Five Questions with … Leonid Volkov

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By: Emily Tatum, Matthew Palla, and Joe Komlanc   Note: This is the second installment in our ongoing “Five Questions with” series where students enrolled in the Spring 2019 Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies’ Colloquium on “Russian Media Strategies … Continue reading

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Beware of the Bots

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By Emily Tatum The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies continued its Colloquium lecture series on “Russian Media Strategies at Home and Abroad” this past Monday, February 25, with guest lecturer Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics and co-founder and … Continue reading

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Five Questions with … Sarah Oates

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Note: This is the first installment in what will become an ongoing “Five Questions with” series where students enrolled in the Spring 2019 Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies’ Colloquium on “Russian Media Strategies at Home and Abroad.” In … Continue reading

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Russian Media Meddling: The Catch 22 of an Open Media System

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By Kelsi Sievering The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies’ lecture series on “Russian Media Strategies at Home and Abroad” opened this past Monday, February 11, with guest lecturer Sarah Oates, a professor at the Philip Merrill College of … Continue reading

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A Very Pravda New Year

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By Zinaida Osipova In the holiday month of December, while many Americans celebrate Christmas, Russians decorate their trees for New Year’s Eve. The reason for the difference goes back to the Soviet ideology that strongly antagonized religion and thus disfavored … Continue reading

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Empress Alexandra in Love and War

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By Zinaida Osipova As an international student, it is difficult to imagine a world without videocalls and instant messages connecting me with my family in real time. How did people travel far from home before such a connection was possible? … Continue reading

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