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Tag: russia
Russia Clamps Down on Contemporary Art (and History)
Russia’s Ministry of Culture has shut down a major “contemporary art and culture hubs project”…
A Street-Level View of Russia’s Economic Crisis
I arrived in Moscow in September and have since seen the effects of Russia’s economic…
Post-Soviet Playlist #1
It’s freezing, it’s only Tuesday and the streets are paved with black ice. There has…
Georgia’s Game of Thrones
In Georgia, no comment is too insignificant to blow up and become a full-scale political…
Post-Soviet Frozen Conflicts and Quasi-States
Now that the newly elected rebel leaders of the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk Peoples’ Republics…
On Pride Parades in the Post-Communist Space
Pride parades have been criticized for being both too commercial and too easily co-opted by…