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Keyword: Ksenia Sobchak Archives - NYU Jordan Center

Entrepreneurs and Political Prisoners: Ksenia Sobchak at Columbia University

Ben Dalton Friday, February 16th, 2018



Russian presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak capped her US visit with a talk at Columbia University.

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Ksenia Sobchak; or, Who Gets to Lose to Putin in 2018?

Eliot Borenstein Monday, October 23rd, 2017



Russia could do a lot worse than Ksenia Sobchak.  In fact, most countries currently are (not everyone gets to be Canada).

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Nadya Tolokno: Pussy Riot’s Fashion Icon or Fashion Victim?

Eliot Borenstein Tuesday, January 7th, 2014



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.

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Pussy Riot vs. Ksenia Sobchak, Round Two

Eliot Borenstein Monday, December 30th, 2013



So why did she conduct an interview with Pussy Riot that was god-awful enough to make it onto Buzzfeed?

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Sobchak interviews Nezvorov and my head explodes

Eliot Borenstein Tuesday, March 12th, 2013



Nevzorov’s responses to Socbchak’s pointed questions are a study in raw cynicism.

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Russia’s Culture Wars, or Россия диве дается

Eliot Borenstein Thursday, December 13th, 2012



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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Ksenia Sobchak, puzzled by sexism

Eliot Borenstein Wednesday, October 24th, 2012



Is it possible to be disappointed in Ksenia Sobchak?

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