The Post-Soviet Post

Media analysis, interviews, and expertise on news and trends in the former USSR, brought to you by Stanford experts, affiliates, and visitors.

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New: the second part of our look back at an open, illegal, pro-Marxist #Soviet #dissident movement http://t.co/Wm8Y2CHlwP

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Media review: regional politics hampers economic development throughout #CentralAsia; admin issues in #Kazakhstan http://t.co/XsybFjtSzX

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New: Attitudes surrounding foreign mining operations in #Kyrgyzstan showcase a culture of distrust http://t.co/F14TYrqJgC

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Media review: #Russia releases crime statistics, laments labor problems, and buys a state enterprise from #Belarus http://t.co/qz8wPkYTTY

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New interview: Zenonas Norkus on capitalism's failures in #Lithuania and whether imitating #Slovenia would be wiser. http://t.co/7Xm1CcBBzu

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Media review: #Uzbekistan disagrees on #Karimov's health. #Kazakhstan wants #Baikonur, #Kyrgyzstan wants #Manas. http://t.co/fdxI6l7hKf

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New: noted economist discusses take on #Russia, #Cyprus, and Moscow's #offshore problem
http://t.co/ASCeNJMCeX

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Media review: The end of an #oligarch in #Russia: friends and enemies recall Boris #Berezovsky's life and work. http://t.co/Y4VwgN3o3M

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New: interview with Eriks Jekabsons on patriotism and history education in #Latvia and beyond http://t.co/7ae9vtgQIz

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Media review: #Uzbek-Afghan border incident, #Kyrgyz MPs on trial, extradition request threatens life of #Tajik ex-PM http://t.co/Bg6OM9eF05

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New: the head of the #Slavic Dept. at #Stanford discusses new applicants and what they can expect from the job market http://t.co/yscsk0tqrq

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New: remembering a different kind of #Soviet #dissident movement -- open, illegal, completely pro-Marxist http://t.co/83K31L83Hg

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Media Review: head of #RT discusses journalistic objectivity, #Belarus gets aid from Europe, #Ukraine hacks the world http://t.co/9XyI2JoedX

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Media review: Forced sterilization in #Uzbekistan, #Tajikistan joins the #WTO, an expected uptick in drug trafficking http://t.co/Q2vTOePYhf

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New: #Moldova historian on the history of ill-timed instability that has kept them out of the #EU (and will again?)
http://t.co/6fKzvo3wFK

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@EEAP1 Likewise. Glad you found us.

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Media review: Huge capital flight from #Russia. Without it, "could host the Olympics every year in a new location” http://t.co/y9sk3GSj0E

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Media review: Terrorists arrested in #Kazakhstan; projects in #Turkmenistan and #Uzbekistan; elections in #Tajikistan http://t.co/u2juNIBI7j

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from the @HooverArchives: draft of Nicholas II abdication letter (happy 400 years, Romanov dynasty -- 2/21/1613) http://t.co/BNUQklGH1H

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New: #Stanford scholar writes own 9/99 Commission Report on #Moscow bombings that launched war, Putin's presidency http://t.co/6ZaBLyIaFW