Russian presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak capped her US visit with a talk at Columbia University.
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Ben DaltonKsenia Sobchak; or, Who Gets to Lose to Putin in 2018?
Eliot Borenstein
Russia could do a lot worse than Ksenia Sobchak. In fact, most countries currently are (not everyone gets to be Canada).
Continue reading...Nadya Tolokno: Pussy Riot’s Fashion Icon or Fashion Victim?
Eliot Borenstein
It’s not easy being punk. It’s even harder to keep believing in punk (or, by extension, anarchism, activism, and the like). For a style of life and art that seems hell-bent on offending, punk lays down a surprising number of unwritten rules. The first commandment: Thou shalt not sell out.
Continue reading...Pussy Riot vs. Ksenia Sobchak, Round Two
Eliot Borenstein
So why did she conduct an interview with Pussy Riot that was god-awful enough to make it onto Buzzfeed?
Continue reading...Sobchak interviews Nezvorov and my head explodes
Eliot Borenstein
Nevzorov’s responses to Socbchak’s pointed questions are a study in raw cynicism.
Continue reading...Russia’s Culture Wars, or Россия диве дается
Eliot Borenstein
When Mitt Romney declared Russia the “number 1 geopolitical foe” during the recent US presidential campaign, he would have been on much firmer ground had he simply added “of Madonna and Lady Gaga.”
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