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Relief and Fear in a Divided Crimea

Published March 1, 2014 in BuzzFeed

“I thought I was working for freedom and human rights,” said Serhiy Kovalsky. “But now I have the feeling that in reality I was working for Putin.”

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At Night in Crimea, Residents Await Move from Russia

Published February 28, 2014 in BuzzFeed

“They’re occupying us,” said Ruslan Temirkayayev, as an unmarked military truck trundled by. “We don’t need weapons. We’ll use our fists to defend ourselves.”

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Does Russia Really Want Crimea — And Does Crimea Want Russia?

Published February 27, 2014 in BuzzFeed

The phantom of Crimean separatism has spooked Ukraine since the country’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Putin’s Moscow is Anxious, Gilded and Hollow

Published October 25, 2014 in Reuters

Moscow is always a surprising kind of place. I expected Putin’s us-against-them nationalism to be more strident than ever. But I find the city uncharacteristically subdued and anxious about the future.

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Is Crimea Ukraine’s Next Ticking Time Bomb?

Published February 24, 2014 in BuzzFeed

In the sleepy Crimean capital Simferopol, tension is building between supporters and foes of the central government in Kiev.

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Students, Not Spooks, Effect Regime Change

Published December 21, 2004 in The Moscow Times

You can bankroll a coup but you can’t buy a popular uprising.

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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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