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In Putin’s Russia, No Difference Between Doping and Duping

Published July 14, 2016 in Reuters Leave a comment

Russia’s doping scandal is only the symptom of a much larger problem.

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Into the Wild

Published on February 7, 2014September 25, 2017 Leave a comment

“Everything’s for fucking sale.”

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The Olympic Land Grab

Published on February 5, 2014May 7, 2016 Leave a comment

Officials in Sochi introduce a new Olympic discipline.

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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 Shadow Looms Over Mayoral Race in Olympic City of Sochi

Published April 21, 2009 in Bloomberg Leave a comment

Vladislav Funtyakov, a member of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, is losing the faith. When the Sochi city councilman tried to enter the mayoral race in his hometown, site of the 2014 Winter Olympics, his application was rejected.

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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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