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In Russia’s Siberian Silicon Valley, Business Is Good But Risks Can Be High

Published July 4, 2017 in NPR Leave a comment

Sixty years after its founding, Akademgorodok continues to innovate, despite a brain drain and legal challenges confronting some of its most successful entrepreneurs.

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Why Estonia’s Not Worried, Despite Its Neighbor to the East

Published July 22, 2015 in Reuters Leave a comment

Estonian President Ilves doesn’t like to dwell on the supposed Russian threat to his country after Putin’s annexation of Crimea. His thing is technology.

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From Death Strip to Tech Campus

Published January 16, 2013 in nytimes.com Leave a comment

Although Berlin still lags behind other European tech hubs like London in terms of available capital or qualified developers, the German capital’s scruffy, anything-goes attitude is attracting talent.

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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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