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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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‘The Rot Starts From The Top’: Russians Protest Over Problems Big And Small

Published July 25, 2019 in NPR Leave a comment

“If they haven’t been able to solve problems like garbage removal or utilities in 20 years, then what problems can they solve?” said Mikhail Kazinets.

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Russia’s Nuclear Industry Tries To Dispel Fears Over Mysterious Radioactive Cloud

Published December 8, 2017 in NPR Leave a comment

“What’s happening with the ruthenium cloud reminds me a lot of what went on with Chernobyl. The pattern of behavior is exactly the same.”

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Skating in a Swamp

Published on February 3, 2014May 7, 2016 Leave a comment

The Olympic Park has sprouted up on a drained wetland that until a few years ago was a state farm.

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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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