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Russians Pay Last Respects To Human Rights Defender Lyudmila Alexeyeva

Published December 11, 2018 in NPR Leave a comment

“Thanks to the dignity of such people, our country still has dignity,” said Nikita Orlov, 49, a corporate manager. “Thanks to such people, we are alive.”

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Young Russian Musicians Struggle Under Government Scrutiny

Published January 17, 2019 in NPR Leave a comment

“We have a lot in common with people our age around the world,” said Nikolai Kostylev. “I’m more like some guy my age in Mexico than my neighbor who’s two generations older.”

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Excavation Of Lithuania’s Great Synagogue Highlights A ‘Painful Page’ From History

Published October 16, 2018 in NPR Leave a comment

For decades, the principals at a boxy, two-story kindergarten in Vilnius unwittingly pored over their lesson plans a few feet above one of the city’s most sacred sites.

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A New Law In Latvia Aims To Preserve National Language By Limiting Russian In Schools

Published October 28, 2018 in NPR Leave a comment

“It’s a miracle Latvian survived as a language,” said Andis Kudors. “Latvians are sensitive because language is the main feature of our national identity.”

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Russians Honor Victims Of Stalin’s Purges Outside Moscow Security Headquarters

Published October 29, 2018 in NPR Leave a comment

“It’s important to remember so what happened then can never repeat itself,” said Yekaterina Ivanova, 34. “That’s why I’ve come with my child, so she can understand from her earliest years how important it is.”

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In Russia, Scant Traces and Negative Memories of Century-Old U.S. Intervention

Published May 28, 2018 in NPR Leave a comment

A simple tombstone marks the grave of the lone American buried in the vast Naval Cemetery in Vladivostok overlooking Russia’s Pacific coast.

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Moscow’s Likely New Ambassador To U.S.: ‘Tough’ And ‘Not That Easy To Work With’

Published July 19, 2017 in NPR Leave a comment

“Anatoly Antonov masterfully employs the full range of emotions, able to shift in a nanosecond from warmly charming to caustically sarcastic.”

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In Russia’s Siberian Silicon Valley, Business Is Good But Risks Can Be High

Published July 4, 2017 in NPR Leave a comment

Sixty years after its founding, Akademgorodok continues to innovate, despite a brain drain and legal challenges confronting some of its most successful entrepreneurs.

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Far From Moscow, Thousands Turn Out To Protest Putin In Siberia’s Capital

Published June 12, 2017 in NPR Leave a comment

“I believed that Putin would make things better,” Galina Vorivoda, 62, said. “But it didn’t work out. He made things better only for a few people.”

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Muscovites Protest Mayor’s Plans to Demolish Their Homes

Published May 15, 2017 in NPR Leave a comment

“They’ll make our life hell, and sooner or later they’ll squeeze us out,” Anna Sazonkina said. “But my civic conscience won’t allow me to vote for it.”

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Excavation Opens ‘Painful Page’ from History

For decades, the principals at a boxy, two-story kindergarten in downtown Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital, unwittingly pored over their lesson plans just a few feet above one of the city’s most sacred sites.

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About Lucian

Based in Berlin and Moscow, I’ve reported from the former Soviet empire since 1996. I started working as National Public Radio’s Moscow correspondent in December 2016. Before that I contributed to Reuters, Slate, Bloomberg and The Moscow Times, among others.

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