comparisons between Russian Federation and
and coup against Gorbachev
defectors and asylum seekers from
dissidence in
and Doctors’ Plot
and Dresden
economy of
as evil empire
expansionism of
free elections in
genius for survival of
grain shortages of
and Hungarian Uprising
hybrid warfare of
and iconoclasm
illegal agents of
and Kaliningrad
and Kazakhstan
and military superiority of West
national anthem of
nostalgia for
and oil
organized crime in
peasants of
and political assassinations
population of
privatizing assets of
and Putin’s outing himself
Putin’s return to
and Putin’s writings on snitches
regular army of
and reuniting Germany
Russian Orthodox Church in
saints of
sciences and education in
scientific socialism as basis of
submarine transfers of
and television
trade of
transition to Russian Federation from
and Ukraine
U.S. relations with
and World War II
United Kingdom
Arctic and
Berezovsky’s life in
China and
exit from EU of
and pedophilia charges against Bukovsky
political assassinations and
Putin’s education and
Putin’s statism and
Ukraine and
World War II and
United Nations
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
United States
Arctic and
China and
as Cold War victor
and collapse of Soviet Union
comparisons between Russia and
defectors and asylum seekers in
gas and
Internet and
Kazakhstan and
and Law of the Sea Treaty
military equipment production of
oil and
organized crime in
politics in
Putin’s education and
Putin’s statism and
reuniting Germany and
Russian aircraft buzzing military ships and aircraft of
Russian-Chechen wars and
Russian presidential elections and
Russian relations with
Russian sanctions and
sciences in
slavery in
Snowden and
Soviet relations with
terrorism and
Ukraine and
World War II and
Usoltsev, Vladimir “Big Volodya”
Uzbekistan
VEB
Vickers, Michael G.
Victory Day
Vietnam
Vikings
V Kontakte (VK)
Vladimir of Kiev, Grand Prince
Voice of America
Volodin, Vyacheslav
Vonnegut, Kurt
Wang Haiyun
Wang Jisi
War and Peace (Tolstoy)
Warsaw Pact
Washington Post, The
Washington Station (Shvets)
Wiesenthal, Simon
WikiLeaks
Williams, Brad
Wolf, Markus
World Economic Forum
World War I
World War II
Arctic and
and comparisons between Hitler and Stalin
Dresden and
Leningrad and
oil and
Soviet casualties in
Ukraine and
Xi Jinping
Xinjiang
Yamani, Sheikh Ahmed Zaki
Yanayev, Gennady
Yanukovich, Viktor
Yeltsin, Boris
Chubais’s relationship with
comparisons between Putin and
corruption investigation of
and coup against Gorbachev
drunkenness of
and Loans for Shares
memoirs of
organized crime and
parliamentary opposition to
and presidential campaigns and elections
Putin as successor to
Putin’s prime minister appointment and
Putin’s relationship with
resignation of
and tank firing on parliament
Yugoslavia
Yukos
absorbed by Rosneft
Chevron’s merger with
Khodorkovsky’s ownership of
Zhivkov, Todor
Zolotov, Viktor
Zuchold, Klaus
Zukunft, Paul
Zyuganov, Gennady
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
RICHARD LOURIE is the critically acclaimed author of both fiction and nonfiction, including The Autobiography of Joseph Stalin and Sakharov: A Biography. He has translated thirty books and served as Mikhail Gorbachev’s translator for The New York Times. His articles and reviews have appeared in many influential publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New Republic, and The Nation. He served as a consultant on Russia to Hillary Clinton during her 2008 presidential run. You can sign up for email updates here.
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