Russian presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak capped her US visit with a talk at Columbia University.
Continue reading...Ksenia Sobchak; or, Who Gets to Lose to Putin in 2018?
Eliot BorensteinRussia 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 BorensteinIt’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 BorensteinSo 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 BorensteinNevzorov’s responses to Socbchak’s pointed questions are a study in raw cynicism.
Continue reading...Russia’s Culture Wars, or Россия диве дается
Eliot BorensteinWhen 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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