Putin’s ‘ally’—a case of misreporting
Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin. Photo by Mahdieh Gaforian/Wikimedia Commons. In British reporter Chris Ayres’s memoir War Reporting for Cowards, he describes the arrival briefing he got from the woman he…
Paul Robinson
Status anxiety and the war in Ukraine
A defaced mural of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Serbian capital Belgrade. Photo by Ana Simic. Years ago, I was an exchange student in the Soviet Union. Margaret Thatcher…
Russia at a turning point?
Photo by Firdaus Omar/Flickr In March of this year, news came from Russia that former Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais had quit his job as presidential special representative for the…