For an ethnically Turkish man from the Soviet Union, fighting with the Nazis was no betrayal.
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Irina LevinRevisiting Russia: Victor Madeira discusses Russian intelligence
Ilaria Parogni
On November 19, 2014, the NYU School of Professional Studies hosted “A Cold War in the Shadows?,” a talk with Victor Madeira, a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Statecraft in London, moderated by Mark Galeotti, NYU Professor of Global Affairs. The event was the final chapter of Revisiting Russia, a series of three lectures jointly sponsored by the NYU Center for Global Affairs and the Jordan Center.
Why the international community shouldn’t ignore the Crimean Tatars
Ilaria Parogni
Early in 2014 the Russian annexation of Crimea caused international uproar. Subsequently, things went quiet. Today, the media are paying attention again, as they reveal how local Russian authorities are targeting the Crimean Tatars, one of the peninsula’s main ethnic minority groups, through actions aimed at restricting their autonomy. In a display of hypocrisy and shortsightedness, Western leaders remain silent.
Diplomatic and Undiplomatic Language, or Just say “Ы”!
Kathryn David
Lately, it has not only been the vowels that have been hard to stomach in Russia.
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