A canon of themes established in Ukrainian cinema from the 1920s to the 1970s remain central to the country’s perceived difference from Russia Continue reading
Tag Archives: Russia
Extract: Frontline Ukraine
What are Russia’s motives and ambitions in annexing Crimea? Continue reading
Extract: Leningrad 1943
Alexander Werth’s unique eyewitness account of the Battle of Leningrad releases this week. Continue reading
David Patrikarakos reports for the New Statesman
David Patrikarakos has written for the New Statesman on how the MH17 disaster turned a conflict global. Continue reading
Khodorkovsky on the Maidan
As Mikhail Khodorkovsky gets involved in the Ukraine crisis, is he jeopardising the possibility of reconciling democracy and patriotism in Russia? Continue reading
Pushkin House Russian Book Prize
A Spy in the Archives has been shortlisted for this year’s Pushkin House Russian Book Prize. Continue reading
Khodorkovsky’s Freedom and Russia’s Liberty
The timing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s release from prison raised many questions. So what were Putin’s motives, and now a free man what role can we expect Khodorkovsky to play in Russia’s future? Continue reading
A Spy in the Archives
In 1968, Sheila Fitzpatrick was ‘outed’ by a Soviet newspaper as a spy. A graduate student at the time, her experiences are collected in her memoir, A Spy in the Archives. Continue reading
The Trouble with Living Artists
Ritual hazings, sauna parties and missed appointments – how much of an advantage is it to be an art historian researching contemporary artists? Continue reading
Survivors of the Gulag After Stalin
Out in paperback later this month, read an extract from Stephen F. Cohen’s critically acclaimed The Victims Return Continue reading
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