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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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Arms Control: When Biden Takes Office, Clock Will Be Ticking To Save New START Treaty

Published December 9, 2020 in NPR Leave a comment

“The danger is that to get to the point of a new détente, we may have to go through a period when it will be pretty scary, and we are not there yet.”

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Putin And Biden Signal Chilly Relations To Come

Published December 21, 2020 in NPR Leave a comment

“Putin doesn’t count on personal relations with American leaders. Today he only counts on the intersection of interests.”

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Facing The Biggest Challenge Ever To His Power, Lukashenko Looks To Russia For Help

Published August 25, 2020 in NPR Leave a comment

Alexander Lukashenko is spinning a narrative of a beleaguered underdog facing hostile forces that only Vladimir Putin has the power to stop.

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Putin Backs Maduro, As Kremlin Critics Cheer U.S. Support For Venezuela’s Opposition

Published January 25, 2019 in NPR Leave a comment

If Cuba was the Kremlin’s closest ally in Latin America during the Cold War, now it’s Venezuela, whose vast oil wealth gives Russia direct influence over an OPEC member.

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With Trump In Office, Did The Kremlin Get More Than It Bargained For?

Published May 21, 2017 in NPR Leave a comment

“Initially we were amused,” Putin said. “But now the spectacle is becoming quite simply sad, and it is causing us concern.”

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After U.S. Strikes On Syria, The Gloves Come Off In Moscow

Published April 7, 2017 in NPR Leave a comment

“The real estate billionaire has repeated the deplorable experience of his predecessors,” the Russian government newspaper said.

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He Came, He Saw, He Withdrew From Syria

Published March 15, 2016 in Foreign Policy Leave a comment

The main unspoken reason for the Kremlin’s Syria mission was to re-establish Russia as a global player on par with the United States.

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Do You Suffer from Russophobia? The Kremlin Thinks You Might.

Published March 7, 2016 in Reuters Leave a comment

Ever since my first visit to Russia in 1991, Russians have asked me why I decided to learn their language and travel to their country. My answer was simple.

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Russia Having Success in Hybrid War Against Germany

Published February 7, 2016 in Reuters Leave a comment

The German government could no longer ignore that it was the target of a full-on propaganda attack, including very public trolling by the Russian foreign minister.

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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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