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Russia Isolated in Its Postimperial Phantasm

Published May 11, 2022 in The Russia File Leave a comment

From a strategic point of view, Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine has thrown back Russia to its weakest position since World War II.

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Putins paranoider Krieg gegen Geschichte

Published March 24, 2022 in Neue Zürcher Zeitung Leave a comment

Da sein Geschichtsverständnis höchst selektiv und politisch verzerrt ist, ist Putins Versuch, die Welt neu zu ordnen, zum Scheitern verurteilt.

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Putin’s War on History

Published March 21, 2022 in The Russia File Leave a comment

Vladimir Putin’s obsession with the past is consuming thousands of lives, wreaking destruction on Ukraine and threatening Russia’s own future.

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Russians Are Voting On 206 Reforms. The Most Important One Will Extend Putin’s Rule

Published June 30, 2020 in NPR Leave a comment

“It is very important to Putin to have this popular endorsement, even if it is a farce, even if it is a travesty of popular will.”

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Excavation Of Lithuania’s Great Synagogue Highlights A ‘Painful Page’ From History

Published October 16, 2018 in NPR Leave a comment

For decades, the principals at a boxy, two-story kindergarten in Vilnius unwittingly pored over their lesson plans a few feet above one of the city’s most sacred sites.

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Near The Russian Border, U.S. and NATO Beef Up Their Presence

Published November 30, 2016 in NPR Leave a comment

“From here we defend Copenhagen, Paris, London and Washington,” said Hannes Hanso. “This is where the tensions are now because of our eastern neighbor, Russia.”

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Cold War 2.0: The US Military Is Beefing Up Its Presence in the Former Soviet Bloc

Published June 25, 2016 in VICE News Leave a comment

The United States has quietly begun expanding its military footprint in a region that during the Cold War was deep inside the Soviet-controlled Warsaw Pact.

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NATO Is Holding the Biggest Exercise in Poland in a Decade, And Russia Is Not Happy

Published June 11, 2016 in VICE News Leave a comment

“I expected to go to Iraq or Afghanistan,” said Sergeant Malcolm McEwen, manning a Humvee with mounted Stinger missiles on the banks of the Vistula River.

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For Europe, the Party’s Over. It’s Not Clear What Comes Next.

Published May 24, 2016 in Reuters Leave a comment

The promise of Europe is over. Paradoxically, German hubris carries a good deal of the blame.

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Kaliningrad: Model of Cooperation with EU?

Published January 10, 2001 in The Christian Science Monitor Leave a comment

“Kaliningrad could be the best location in Russia — paradise, ” says Viktor Hoffmann. “But we must be open to Europe like Poland or Lithuania.”

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About Lucian

Based in Berlin and Moscow, I’ve reported from the former Soviet empire since 1996 for NPR, Reuters, Slate, Bloomberg and The Moscow Times, among others. I currently write for Foreign Policy and am a Global Fellow with the Wilson Center in Washington.

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