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Once Centers Of Soviet Propaganda, Moscow’s Libraries Are Having A ‘Loud’ Revival

Published January 21, 2019 in NPR Leave a comment

“Our job is to develop the most democratic and accessible cultural locations for Muscovites,” says Maria Rogachyova, who oversees Moscow’s libraries.

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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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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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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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