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‘The Wound Is Very Deep’: Azerbaijanis And Armenians In Russia Long For Peace

Published November 5, 2020 in NPR Leave a comment

“Both Azerbaijanis and Armenians understand that young men are dying. There is no need for war; war is there where there is no God.”

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What To Do With Toppled Statues? Russia Has A Fallen Monument Park

Published July 21, 2020 in NPR Leave a comment

“The Russian experience should give some food for thought to those who are engaged in toppling statues in the U.S. these days.”

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Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Links Moscow Prosecutor To Luxury Properties Abroad

Published November 15, 2019 in NPR Leave a comment

Alexei Navalny’s latest target is the Moscow prosecutor leading a crackdown following the biggest anti-government demonstrations in years.

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The Russian Student Who Has Become Moscow’s New Face Of Dissent

Published September 19, 2019 in NPR Leave a comment

“I want to live in Russia. I think Russia deserves to be free, and its citizens need to get out from under the yoke of Putin and his gang.”

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‘The Government Is Very Afraid’: Meet Moscow’s New Opposition Leader, Lyubov Sobol

Published August 21, 2019 in NPR Leave a comment

“People admire her for her strength of character and the fact she’s a woman in a very male-centered culture,” said Sergey Radchenko.

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Amid ‘Quiet Rehabilitation Of Stalin,’ Some Russians Honor The Memory Of His Victims

Published July 8, 2019 in NPR Leave a comment

“We are the accused and the prosecutors and the victims,” says Roman Romanov. “The path to understanding takes years and generations.”

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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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Russians Honor Victims Of Stalin’s Purges Outside Moscow Security Headquarters

Published October 29, 2018 in NPR Leave a comment

“It’s important to remember so what happened then can never repeat itself,” said Yekaterina Ivanova, 34. “That’s why I’ve come with my child, so she can understand from her earliest years how important it is.”

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Russia Welcomes 2018 World Cup, Clamping Down On Dissent And Hooligans

Published June 13, 2018 in NPR Leave a comment

“All the soccer hooligans in Russia aren’t waiting for the World Cup to start – they’re waiting for it to end, so they can go back to their normal lives.”

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Diplomatic Corps In Moscow Shrinks Just When U.S.-Russia Tensions Are At A High

Published April 12, 2018 in NPR Leave a comment

“I’m departing here very sad at having to leave my friends and my colleagues,” said US embassy spokeswoman Maria Olson.

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Women Lead The Way Against Belarus’ Patriarch, Says Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

“Our women understood they don’t have to stay in their kitchens and can go and fight for their rights beside  — and even in front of their men,” said Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

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About Lucian

Based in Berlin and Moscow, I’ve reported from the former Soviet empire since 1996. I started working as National Public Radio’s Moscow correspondent in December 2016. Before that I contributed to Reuters, Slate, Bloomberg and The Moscow Times, among others.

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