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Cold War

For Poland, Promises of Riches Awaits as Eastern Border’s Destitute Look West

Published September 22, 2002 in The Boston Globe Leave a comment

When Poland flings open its western border to the EU, the back door to the east will slam shut, leaving Belarus and Ukraine in a geopolitical gray zone.

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Arms Control: When Biden Takes Office, Clock Will Be Ticking To Save New START Treaty

Published December 9, 2020 in NPR Leave a comment

“The danger is that to get to the point of a new détente, we may have to go through a period when it will be pretty scary, and we are not there yet.”

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Putin And Biden Signal Chilly Relations To Come

Published December 21, 2020 in NPR Leave a comment

“Putin doesn’t count on personal relations with American leaders. Today he only counts on the intersection of interests.

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Many Russians Today Take Pride In Afghan War That Foretold Soviet Demise

Published February 21, 2019 in NPR Leave a comment

“The situation is changing dramatically in regards to the deployment of troops to Afghanistan,” said veteran Sergei Morozov. “Those who fought are being looked up to again.”

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What Trump’s Threat To End A U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Treaty Means For Putin

Published October 22, 2018 in NPR Leave a comment

“For Russia’s military-industrial complex and security services, the INF Treaty was always like a bullfighter’s red cape; it symbolized the country’s defeat in the Cold War.”

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Latest Collateral Damage In U.S.-Russia Spat: An Anglo-American School Is Shut

Published September 28, 2018 in NPR Leave a comment

One-hundred-forty schoolchildren in St. Petersburg became the latest victims of the chill in U.S.-Russian relations when they were forced out of their school.

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Now A Museum, This USSR Submarine Base Was Built To Endure U.S. Nukes — And Retaliate

Published July 21, 2018 in NPR Leave a comment

After the annexation of Crimea, Yury Tarariyev’s museum came under the control of the Russian Defense Ministry, and a portrait of Putin went up at the entrance.

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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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German City Accepts Karl Marx Statue From China, But Not Everyone’s Happy

Published March 21, 2017 in NPR Leave a comment

Trier has never been particularly fond of its most famous son, Karl Marx, who helped turn communism into an ideology that changed the course of history.

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Women Lead The Way Against Belarus’ Patriarch, Says Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

“Our women understood they don’t have to stay in their kitchens and can go and fight for their rights beside  — and even in front of their men,” said Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

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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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