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The View From Moscow On The Trump Impeachment Inquiry

Published November 27, 2019 in NPR Leave a comment

“Thank God nobody is accusing us anymore of interfering in U.S. elections,” Putin said. “They’re accusing Ukraine. Let them sort this out among themselves.”

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What Brexit Looks Like to the Rest of Europe

Published June 24, 2016 in Slate Leave a comment

A colleague from Poland advised his British-born wife to get a Polish passport. It was high time to make some coffee.

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How NATO Really Provoked Putin

Published June 6, 2016 in Reuters Leave a comment

From the Kremlin’s point of view, it’s infinitely worse to be ignored than to be considered a worthy rival.

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For Europe, the Party’s Over. It’s Not Clear What Comes Next.

Published May 24, 2016 in Reuters Leave a comment

The promise of Europe is over. Paradoxically, German hubris carries a good deal of the blame.

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A European Disaster

Published September 4, 2015 in Slate Leave a comment

A refugee crisis is exposing the cracks in a continent that was supposedly whole and free.

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Czechmate

Published January 4, 2013 in nytimes.com Leave a comment

A sort of collective midlife crisis has gripped Czechs who were in their teens and 20s during the Velvet Revolution.

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We Were Victims Too: The Rediscovery of German Civilian Suffering in World War II

Published January 30, 2009 in VDM Leave a comment

For decades, the Third Reich could be reduced to the most basic formula: Germans = perpetrators, Jews = victims. Two bestsellers published in 2002 allowed Germans to recognize World War II victims among their own.

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New Wall Splits Roma from ‘White’ Czechs

Published November 8, 1999 in The Christian Science Monitor Leave a comment

Barely 7 feet high and painted in pale yellow and brown, the wall along Maticni Street has been condemned as a “wall of shame” that is drawing new dividing lines 10 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Czech Students’ Lessons on Nazi-Era Ethnic Hatred

Published December 21, 2000 in The Christian Science Monitor Leave a comment

As Jaroslav Klenovsky approached his shattered hometown, he encountered a sight that remains seared in his memory. Armed young men were escorting thousands of women, children, and elderly people out of the city. The German population of Brno was being expelled.

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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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