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Month: December 2021

The Dacha Is Russia’s Summer Cure For Urban Life

Published on December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 Leave a comment

“We lived very well without electricity,” Tatyana says. “All day we were busy, walking in the woods exploring. And in the evenings, we would sit around a kerosene lamp and play Monopoly.”

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Russian Show ‘Fake News’ Wages Lone Battle Against The Kremlin’s TV Propaganda

Published May 15, 2021 in NPR Leave a comment

“Our job is to give people the chance to make up their own minds,” says Natalya Sindeyeva. “They should decide for themselves if they want to be deceived.”

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5 Views From Belarus On The Country’s Political Crisis

Published June 15, 2021 in NPR Leave a comment

“We now joke that Belarus is even farther north than North Korea. We’re living under the conditions of a real fascist regime.”

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The U.S. Climate Envoy Went To Moscow And Talked About More Than Climate

Published July 15, 2021 in NPR Leave a comment

“I think it’s helpful to have the countries trying to find common ground and make things happen,” John Kerry said in an interview in Spaso House.

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Russia’s ‘Foreign Agent’ Law Targets Journalists, Activists, Even Ordinary Citizens

Published July 31, 2021 in NPR Leave a comment

Darya Apakhonchich says police sawed open her front door, confiscated her electronic devices and spent seven hours searching for “extremist” material.

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The Dacha Is Russia’s Summer Cure For Urban Life

Published August 6, 2021 in NPR Leave a comment

“We lived very well without electricity. All day we walked in the woods exploring. And in the evenings, we sat around a kerosene lamp and played Monopoly.”

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From Exile, Tikhanovskaya Calls For ‘2nd Wave Of Protests’ Against Belarus Regime

Published March 24, 2021 in NPR Leave a comment

“The US, as one of the oldest democracies, should support the values of human rights, free elections and freedom of assembly,” says Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

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Putin Hasn’t Been Vaccinated With Sputnik V Yet But Our Correspondent Got The Shot

Published February 13, 2021 in NPR Leave a comment

This week I got vaccinated with Sputnik V, the COVID-19 vaccine that Vladimir Putin is promoting as the best in the world.

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Putin’s War on Young People

If Russia is ever to become a country that seeks peace with its neighbors and respects the rights of its own citizens, then such a future depends on Russia’s young people.

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About Lucian

Based in Berlin and Moscow, I reported from the former Soviet empire for 25 years for NPR, Reuters, Slate, Bloomberg, and others. My first book, Putin’s Revenge: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine, is now available from Columbia University Press.

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