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The Russia Guy

In this podcast, translator and news aggregator Kevin Rothrock talks to movers and shakers in Russia-focused journalism and academia. Interviews deal with views on trending news stories, the overarchi... Read more

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E44: Keith Gessen on The Quiet Americans

E44: Keith Gessen on The Quiet Americans

Kevin’s guest today is Keith Gessen, a novelist, journalist, literary translator, and assistant professor at Columbia Un... Read more

21 May 2018

50mins

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E20: Going Vertical

E20: Going Vertical

In this episode, Kevin discusses “Going Vertical,” a new Russian blockbuster film about the USSR's 1972 Olympic basketba... Read more

13 Jan 2018

12mins

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E58: Mark Galeotti

E58: Mark Galeotti

Kevin continues his interview series with professionals in the field of Russia expertise. Today's guest is Dr. Mark Gale... Read more

18 Sep 2018

46mins

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E53: Anastasia Karimova

E53: Anastasia Karimova

On today’s show, Kevin talks to to Anastasia Karimova, a former activist and journalist in Russia. Today, she’s a gradua... Read more

24 Jul 2018

31mins

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E54: How Russia Started Recruiting Hackers

E54: How Russia Started Recruiting Hackers

Kevin reads the full text of a new investigative report by Meduza’s Daniil Turovsky about how Russia’s war in Georgia sp... Read more

8 Aug 2018

27mins

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E15: Dumb Americans and Crazy Anti-Semites

E15: Dumb Americans and Crazy Anti-Semites

Kevin commits Internet treason by criticizing his own country, moaning about Washington's inability to live up to its ow... Read more

1 Dec 2017

21mins

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E95: Olesya Vartanyan on South Caucasus Breakaway Regions

E95: Olesya Vartanyan on South Caucasus Breakaway Regions

Today's guest is Olesya Vartanyan, Crisis Group’s analyst for the “EU Eastern Neighbourhood.” Based in Tbilisi, she rese... Read more

13 Nov 2019

25mins

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E17: Aric Toler

E17: Aric Toler

Today's the first in The Russia Guy's new interview series. Kevin sat down (remotely. don't read too much into that word... Read more

19 Dec 2017

29mins

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E42: Natalia Antonova

E42: Natalia Antonova

Kevin’s guest today is Natalia Antonova, who as many listeners already know is a prolific writer, and a journalist who’s... Read more

15 May 2018

43mins

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E49: Talking Russian Pension Reform With an 8-Year-Old

E49: Talking Russian Pension Reform With an 8-Year-Old

On today’s show, Kevin reviews the pension reform proposal slipped into Russia’s news agenda last week, just as the coun... Read more

20 Jun 2018

22mins

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E16: False Flags! Treason! Hacker Conspiracy!

E16: False Flags! Treason! Hacker Conspiracy!

Kevin discusses three stories in this episode:A conspiracy theory says the FSB leaked a hacker's confession to incrimina... Read more

13 Dec 2017

25mins

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E38: Yasha Levine on Telegram

E38: Yasha Levine on Telegram

Today’s podcast guest is Yasha Levine, an investigative journalist and the author of the new book “Surveillance Valley: ... Read more

17 Apr 2018

23mins

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E35: Neil Hauer on Russia in Syria

E35: Neil Hauer on Russia in Syria

In this episode, Kevin spoke to Neil Hauer, an independent analyst and journalist based in Tbilisi, Georgia, who focuses... Read more

11 Apr 2018

21mins

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E12: Putin's Sandwich Buddy and Some Damn Good Reporting

E12: Putin's Sandwich Buddy and Some Damn Good Reporting

After several weeks of silence, Kevin is back with a look at Evgeny Prigozhin, “Putin's favorite chef,” to talk troll fa... Read more

4 Nov 2017

31mins

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E74: Maria Baronova on Leaving Russia's Opposition for ‘Russia Today’

E74: Maria Baronova on Leaving Russia's Opposition for ‘Russia Today’

Kevin's guest this week is Maria Baronova, a former opposition activist who now works for the state media network “Russi... Read more

12 Apr 2019

41mins

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E97: Lincoln Pigman on Russian Cybersecurity

E97: Lincoln Pigman on Russian Cybersecurity

Today's guest is Lincoln Pigman, a Master’s graduate student at Oxford University and a research fellow at the Foreign P... Read more

21 Dec 2019

30mins

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E62: Alina Polyakova on Life as a D.C. Think Tanker

E62: Alina Polyakova on Life as a D.C. Think Tanker

Today's guest is Alina Polyakova, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, an adjunct professor of European studies at Joh... Read more

12 Oct 2018

53mins

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E72: Alexey Kovalev on ‘Russians Always Knew There Was No Collusion’

E72: Alexey Kovalev on ‘Russians Always Knew There Was No Collusion’

Today’s show looks at a controversial new op-ed that appeared in The New York Times on Friday, March 29, 2019, titled “R... Read more

31 Mar 2019

43mins

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E96: Ariel Cohen on Political Risk in Russia

E96: Ariel Cohen on Political Risk in Russia

Today's guest is Ariel Cohen, a scholar focusing on political risk, international security and energy policy, and the ru... Read more

5 Dec 2019

27mins

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E79: Ivan Golunov's Investigation Into Russia's Corrupt Funeral Business

E79: Ivan Golunov's Investigation Into Russia's Corrupt Funeral Business

On today’s show, Kevin reads the full text of his translation of Meduza investigative journalist Ivan Golunov’s August 2... Read more

12 Jun 2019

53mins

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