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The Russia File

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The Russia File podcast is a companion production of the Kennan Institute's Russia File blog. The podcast explores Russia: its history, politics, culture and society, and its relations with the surrounding countries, the United States and beyond. The podcast is hosted by Izabella Tabarovsky, Nina Rozhanovskaya, Maxim Trudolyubov and other members of the Kennan staff.
 

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Russian nationalists wearing pro-war "Z" shirts at a rally
Podcast
Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Russia on the Second Anniversary of the Invasion of Ukraine
37:31February 15, 2024
Ukrainian artillery firing in Donetsk
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Ukraine on the Second Anniversary of the Russian Invasion
37:48February 15, 2024
Protest in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia
Podcast
Human Rights
Buryatia and the High Toll of Russia’s War in Ukraine on Ethnic Minorities
42:57January 24, 2024
Belarusian people protesting against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Civil Society
Belarus Three Years After Protest
36:33October 30, 2023
Berlin, Germany - November 13, 2022: Male demonstrator covered with a white-blue-white flag at a rally in solidarity with Ukraine against Russian Imperialism at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
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Berlin as a Home of New Russian Political Exiles
1:01:24August 3, 2023
KYIV, UKRAINE - Mar. 02, 2022: War of Russia against Ukraine. View of a civilian sports club gym and sporting goods store damaged following a Russian rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine
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Security and Defense
Israeli Military Experts on the Enabling Factors of Russian War Crimes in Ukraine
50:01June 26, 2023
Saint Petersburg. Russia. Tanks in the palace square. T 34. Arms exhibition. Tank on the background of the Hermitage. Defense of Leningrad. Blockade. Second World War. Soviet weapons. 09.08.2017
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Society and Culture
Russian Culture as a Casualty (and Accomplice) of Putin’s War in Ukraine
38:56April 10, 2023
Cold War Radio book cover
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Press Freedom
Lessons from "Cold War Radio": A Conversation with Mark Pomar
55:59March 21, 2023
Saint-Petersburg, Russia - May 01, 2019: May demonstration. Marchers with a rainbow LGBT flag on Nevsky prospect.
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Society and Culture
The Kremlin's Favorite Scapegoat: The Latest Attack on LGBTQ+ Rights in Russia
39:58January 24, 2023
A man in Warsaw, Poland holds a sign protesting the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Diplomatic History
Polish-Russian Relations Move from Reset to Ruin
40:26November 2, 2022
Completely destroyed building of the museum of Ukrainian philosopher Hryhoriy Skovoroda in Kharkiv
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Human Rights
Life under Russian Occupation: A Conversation with Katerina Sergatskova
32:32September 28, 2022
Boris Nemtsov stands at a protest holding a banner reading "For Russia and Ukraine Without Putin" in 2014.
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Civil Society
The Successor: The Story of Boris Nemtsov and the Country Where He Didn’t Become President - Part 2
26:33July 28, 2022
Moscow - February 27, 2016. Memory march of slain politician Boris Nemtsov. Demonstrator with a banner "He fought for free Russia" and portrait of Boris Nemtsov
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Civil Society
The Successor: The Story of Boris Nemtsov and the Country Where He Didn’t Become President - Part 1
31:42July 11, 2022
A bombed building in Dnipro, Ukraine, Mar 11, 2022
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Crumbling Memory: Russian Propaganda, World War II, and the Invasion of Ukraine
43May 31, 2022
UK and Russia conflict. Country flags on chess pawns on a chess board. 3D illustration.
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Governance
Russia and the West: Highs and Lows
27:56December 17, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey made the opening of the Natural Gas Pipeline( turkstream) 19 NOVEMBER 2018 istanbul at Turkey
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Rule of Law
The Autocrats’ Playbook: Putin’s Russia and Erdogan’s Turkey
34:07July 22, 2021
July 18, 2018: Sculpture of Andrei Sakharov, Russian nuclear physicist, dissident, and activist, in Muzeon Art Park in Moscow, Russia.
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Human Rights
The Contemporary Relevance of Andrei Sakharov's Message
30:12June 9, 2021
July 22, 2019: aerial view of Yuri Gagarin monument on Gagarin Square on a sunny summer day
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History
Rethinking the Space Race
33:38April 26, 2021
FEBRUARY 28, 2019:Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko.
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Rule of Law
Weak Strongman: Discussing the Limits of Putin's Power with Timothy Frye
29:14April 12, 2021
Person receives COVID-19 vaccine
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Coronavirus
Sputnik V: International Success, Domestic Problems
30:25March 16, 2021
Protest rally of the Russian opposition demanding to allow independent candidates for the elections, 2019
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Civil Society
Beyond Electoral Politics: Social Change, Not Political Awakening
28:55January 25, 2021
Russian military training in the woods, 2019 Moscow
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Intelligence
A Poisonous History: The Kremlin's Fear of an Imported Revolution
32:05December 16, 2020
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with new Russian immigrants on their flight from Russia to Israel, April 27, 1994
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Society and Culture
Russian-Speaking Israelis and How They Changed Israel
51:29December 8, 2020
Videographer at the annual press conference of the President of Russia, March 2016
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US Elections
Electoral Politics and the Role of the Media
30:27November 12, 2020
27 SEP 2020- View of a political ad on a billboard saying VOTE because Russian lessons are expensive on a Manhattan Mini Storage building in Manhattan, New York.
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Society and Culture
Why Study Russia?
34:08October 16, 2020
Sergey Shoigu, Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev at the military parade marking the 69th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
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Historical Memory
Vladimir Putin’s Version of World War II
39:31September 28, 2020
Night rehearsal of Victory Day, 2016
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Security and Defense
Russia’s Military and the World’s Post-Arms Control Future
35:47July 31, 2020
Image: Russia File Podcast Episode 4
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Rule of Law
Limited Violence, Unlimited Manipulation: How Informational Dictatorships Work
38:07July 10, 2020
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Historical Memory
Searching for Hidden Narratives of World War II in Russia
54:22June 22, 2020
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Rule of Law
Belarus's Parallel Realities: An Entrenched Presidency Meets an Awakened Society
38:39May 29, 2020
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Governance
Russia in a Pandemic and Moscow's Two Competing Instincts
27:32May 12, 2020

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