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Young Entrepreneurs Find Funky Niche In Products ‘Made In Ukraine’

Published April 23, 2017 in NPR Leave a comment

The surge in patriotic feelings coincided with the crash of the Ukrainian currency, the hryvna, driving up demand for locally made goods even more.

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Paul Manafort’s Activities Arouse Interest Of Ukrainian Prosecutors

Published April 14, 2017 in NPR Leave a comment

Ukrainian investigators are seeking to understand Paul Manafort’s ties, if any, to President Viktor Yanukovych at the time of the shootings on the Maidan.

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Why This Ukrainian ‘Revolution’ May Be Doomed, Too

Published May 17, 2015 in Reuters Leave a comment

Most Ukrainians wanted their country to be different by now. Even those who didn’t support the Maidan were fed up with living in Europe’s most corrupt country.

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Ukraine’s Slow Descent Into Madness

Published October 23, 2014 in Slate

Kiev, once an easy-going city famed for its hospitality, has become a gloomy place after almost a year of nonstop strife.

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Putin’s Moscow is Anxious, Gilded and Hollow

Published October 25, 2014 in Reuters

Moscow is always a surprising kind of place. I expected Putin’s us-against-them nationalism to be more strident than ever. But I find the city uncharacteristically subdued and anxious about the future.

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Students, Not Spooks, Effect Regime Change

Published December 21, 2004 in The Moscow Times

You can bankroll a coup but you can’t buy a popular uprising.

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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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