Vladimir Putin

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• 9/5/2021
  

  Nationalist Nostalgia in Russian Film Mirrors Putin's Political Bending of History

  by Walter G. Moss

  Director Nikita Mikhalkov expresses through film much of the same nostalgic nationalism that anchors Vladimir Putin's authoritiarian leadership in Russia. 

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• 4/25/2021
  

  Russia vs. Ukraine Redux? Mapping the Way Forward from the Recent Past

  by Walter G. Moss

  Historical context suggests that Vladimir Putin's intentions toward Ukraine are pragmatic and comprehensible (whether one favors Russian objectives or not); a broader imagination and diplomatic engagement can do more to prevent open war than saber-rattling. 

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• 3/7/2021
  

  The Return of Human Rights on the American Agenda?

  by Richard Moe

  One of Jimmy Carter's legacies, albeit erratically observed, has been the assertion of human rights as a foreign policy priority. After four years of ignoring the issue, will the US under Joe Biden reclaim leadership in high-stakes relationships with Russia and Saudi Arabia? 

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  4/27/2020
  

  He Found One of Stalin’s Mass Graves. Now He’s in Jail.

  Yuri Dmitriev's family believes he has been jailed on false pedophelia charges because his findings challenge a sanitized version of history favored by Russian nationalists.

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• SOURCE: Mother Jones
  4/21/2020
  

  Republican-Led Senate Panel Confirms That Russia Backed Trump in 2016

  The intelligence committee refutes the president’s unfounded claims by giving an Obama-era report its seal of approval.

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• 3/1/2020
  

  “He Could Get Squishy on Democracy”: Bill Clinton’s Perception of Vladimir Putin According to Recently Public Documents

  by Stephan Kieninger

  Newly available Clinton Presidential Library files give readers novel insights and fascinating impressions of Putin’s KGB heritage, his manners, his style, his shrewdness and his ways of manipulation. 

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• SOURCE: Aeon
  3-7-17
  

  The new authoritarians

  by Holly Case

  Last century’s dictators wanted to reinvent their subjects as "new men." This century’s strongmen just don’t care. Why?

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• 4-12-15
  

  Vladimir Putin: History Man?

  by Walter G. Moss

  Putin is far from unique among politicians in attempting to manipulate history. But a true “history man” is primarily a truth-seeker. He fails in this.

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• SOURCE: TIME Magazine
  3-25-14
  

  Putin reviving a Stalinist fitness program to whip Russians into shape

  Putin is reviving the program "Ready for Labor and Defense" with leftover cash from the Sochi games.

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• 3-24-14
  

  Enough With the Hitler Analogies

  by Christian Karner

  Our understanding of World War II has been deeply enriched by a memory boom of books and research. The same cannot be said by the Hitler analogy boom.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3-20-14
  

  Cold Man in the Kremlin

  by Roger Cohen

  When Putin described the breakup of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe” of the 20th century, he meant it.

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• SOURCE: Atlantic
  3-20-14
  

  Good News From Ukraine: Everyone Still Hates Hitler

  by Matt Ford

  All sides in the Crimean crisis are invoking the Third Reich. Why?

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• 3-24-14
  

  Putin Didn't Seize Crimea Because Obama is "Weak"

  by Sheldon M. Stern

  Putin seized Crimea because of Russia's national interests -- and pundits are making fools of themselves when they argue otherwise.

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• 3-12-14
  

  The Double Standards of Crimean Cold-War Diplomacy

  by Cynthia V. Hooper

  Though Russia's case against the new Ukrainian government is self-serving and full of holes, the toppling of Yanukovych was not a simple story of democracy vs. tyranny.

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• SOURCE: Jewish Daily Forward
  3-11-14
  

  Why Vladimir Putin Will Keep Playing Jewish Card in Ukraine Crisis

  by David E. Fishman

  Keeping the West off balance is an end unto itself for Vladimir Putin.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3-10-14
  

  Putin’s Phantom Pogroms

  by Amelia M. Glaser

  Russia is playing games with Jewish collective memory.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3-12-14
  

  Why Russians Back Putin on Ukraine

  by Boris Kolonitskii

  Few in Russia are very supportive of revolution anymore.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2-23-14
  

  Stalin’s Presence Is Still Felt in Host City

  A champion of collectivism, Stalin undoubtedly would have frowned upon the renting of his summer home to a corporation.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2-3-14
  

  Don’t Let Putin Grab Ukraine

  by Timothy Snyder

  If the present crisis ends with the fragmentation of the Ukrainian state, the result will be disastrous for all concerned, including Russia.

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• SOURCE: Moscow Times
  1-16-14
  

  Putin Says State History Textbooks Will Not Impose Ideology

  Some analysts have accused the Kremlin of using the new textbooks to promote its ideological agenda and crack down on academic freedom.