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Kurilla: It is not the Cold War that can explain events but Russia’s first revolutionary regime

(TodayOnline) MOSCOW — The expulsion of scores of Russian diplomats from the United States and countries across Europe and beyond has raised, yet again, the question of whether the world is…

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Kurilla: The Russian election results should be compared not with democracies, but with the Soviet Union

(NYTimes) The Kremlin gave credit to a surprising source for the outpouring of support for Vladimir V. Putin in Sunday’s presidential election — the West. Ella A. Pamfilova, the chairman of…

History and Memory in Russia During the 100-Year Anniversary of the Great Revolution

(PONARS Policy Memo) All last year, the Russian state kept largely silent about the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution. In its attempt to control historical narratives, and to prevent…

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Kurilla: There is an impression that the Russian elite continues to believe the Trump administration does not want full confrontation with Russia

(Channel News Asia) MOSCOW: Donald Trump said during his election campaign he wanted to improve relations between the US and Vladimir Putin’s Russia. But a year on from his inauguration, ties…

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Kurilla: By resuscitating Cold War rhetoric, they sort of resuscitate the importance of Russia

(USN) MOSCOW – During a segment of a recent Sunday news show here, the mood was, expectedly, full of outrage and indignation. The cause? The International Olympic Committee's announcement just…

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Whenever America is in crisis, Russia is its whipping boy

(WP) ST. PETERSBURG — Russians are watching the unfolding scandal of their country’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election with a mixture of amusement, pride, indignation and regret. For a historian…

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Kurilla: Liberals try to portray Trump as something created by Russia

(NYTimes) For months, President Vladimir V. Putin has predictably denied accusations of Russian interference in last year’s American election, denouncing them as fake news fueled by Russophobic hysteria. More surprising, some…

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Kurilla: Moving the holiday from Nov. 7 to Nov. 4 was an attempt to get rid of the Russian Revolution

(Gulf Times) Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the revolution that established the Soviet Union, but you’d be hard-pressed to find an event in Russia to celebrate…

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Kurilla: In a way, taking on the European University at St. Petersburg is actually taking on Kudrin

(Moscow Times) In March every year, students at the European University in St. Petersburg set off the building’s fire alarms and parade a fire hose down the main street in…

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Why Is Trump Withdrawing from UNESCO?

(WA) The U.S. reduced contributions in 2011 after the Palestinian Authority was admitted as a member of UNESCO. The United States has not paid its contributions for six years. Withdrawing…

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Kurilla: It is not the Cold War that can explain events but Russia’s first revolutionary regime

Kurilla: The Russian election results should be compared not with democracies, but with the Soviet Union

History and Memory in Russia During the 100-Year Anniversary of the Great Revolution

Kurilla: There is an impression that the Russian elite continues to believe the Trump administration does not want full confrontation with Russia

Kurilla: By resuscitating Cold War rhetoric, they sort of resuscitate the importance of Russia

Whenever America is in crisis, Russia is its whipping boy

Kurilla: Liberals try to portray Trump as something created by Russia

Kurilla: Moving the holiday from Nov. 7 to Nov. 4 was an attempt to get rid of the Russian Revolution

Kurilla: In a way, taking on the European University at St. Petersburg is actually taking on Kudrin

Why Is Trump Withdrawing from UNESCO?