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Secret Sochi

Life inside a Potemkin village.

Into the Wild
The Olympic Land Grab
Skating in a Swamp
The Pearl of Sochi
At Putin’s Dacha
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Gonzo Goes to Grozny

On the trail of Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov.

The Baddest Town in Russia
Proxy Warlord Interview
Fables of the Reconstruction
In the Name of the Father
Resurrection Day in a Graveyard
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lucian in moscow

A chronicle of the Moscow protest movement.

Khodorkovsky and Me
Winning by Losing
Behind the Scenes of a Protest Blog
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
Partying from Dushanbe to Grozny
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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’ve reported from the former Soviet empire since 1996 for NPR, Reuters, Slate, Bloomberg and The Moscow Times, among others. I currently write for Foreign Policy and am a Global Fellow with the Wilson Center in Washington.

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