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After Arrest, Kremlin Critic Navalny Calls On Supporters To ‘Take To The Streets’

Published January 18, 2021 in NPR Leave a comment

“Don’t be afraid. Take to the streets,” Navalny said. “Don’t do it for me, do it for yourselves and your future.”

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Football’s Drive to Gain Yardage in Europe

Published May 17, 1999 in The Christian Science Monitor Leave a comment

Playing to German fascination with American culture, games in the NFL Europe League are accompanied by hot dogs, popcorn, and the US national anthem.

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The Stakes For Ukraine Are High In Monday’s Summit Between Putin And Zelenskiy

Published December 6, 2019 in NPR Leave a comment

“The strategic goal of Russia is a weak, chaotic Ukraine. If you accept that as their goal, you can understand the logic of Russian behavior.”

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After Trump Call, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Gambles On Russia Peace Push Without U.S. Help

Published October 10, 2019 in NPR Leave a comment

“We don’t think of Trump as an ally,” says Alyona Getmanchuk. “At best, he could be a referee; at worst, he could create more and more obstacles.”

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In Russia, A Dairy Owner Dreams Of Delivering Cheese To Vladimir Putin

Published November 22, 2018 in NPR Leave a comment

“Russians are like a spring,” said Oleg Sirota. “The more you push them down, the stronger they bounce back up.”

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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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Playing to the Gallery

Published July 6, 2016 in Berlin Policy Journal Leave a comment

Renewed calls for rapprochement with the Kremlin bear the fingerprints of Gerhard Schröder, who still pulls considerable weight inside the SPD.

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NATO Is Having an Existential Crisis

Published July 12, 2016 in VICE News Leave a comment

“We’re vulnerable to bullshit thrown in the fan,” an eastern European diplomat said, requesting anonymity so as to speak undiplomatically.

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Cold War 2.0: The US Military Is Beefing Up Its Presence in the Former Soviet Bloc

Published June 25, 2016 in VICE News Leave a comment

The United States has quietly begun expanding its military footprint in a region that during the Cold War was deep inside the Soviet-controlled Warsaw Pact.

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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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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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