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Being Cool Has Ruined Berlin

Published April 15, 2016 in Roads & Kingdoms Leave a comment

The Berlin I once knew was not the kind of place you raved about. There was no fine dining but plenty of heavy drinking. The beautiful people ran London and Munich and Milan. In Berlin, the punks were in charge.

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Beware Scams Lurking Amid Budapest’s Charms

Published September 28, 2003 in The Boston Globe Leave a comment

Just because men are the exclusive prey of the Budapest’s konzumlanyok, or consumption girls, is no reason for women travelers to let down their guard.

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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 Pearl of Sochi

Published on January 31, 2014May 7, 2016 Leave a comment

Fleecing tourists is the name of the game.

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Russian Riviera

Published on January 27, 2014May 7, 2016 Leave a comment

Sochi was just a provincial backwater when I first visited.

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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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