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Magical Journalism: Childhood and War
By Ryszard Kapuściński
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Nikita Petrov
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Tumbling Old Women (and more)
By Daniil Kharms
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Nikita Petrov
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Little Knives
In my pre-teens days (Russia in the 1990s), one of the most popular games among boys was Little Knives — nozhichki; or rather, it was a whole class of…
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Nikita Petrov
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The Psychopolitica Art Gallery
Introducing Lena Rybina
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Nikita Petrov
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July 2023

Wyrld
By Daniil Kharms
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Nikita Petrov
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The Mutiny: When the Drugs Wear Off
I’ve published updates on the Wagner Mutiny, or Whatever That Was for three days in a row here (1, 2, 3), mostly consisting of translations of…
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Nikita Petrov
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June 2023

The Mutiny: Day 3
Prigozhin's and Putin's conflicting takes
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Nikita Petrov
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The Mutiny, Day 2
When I published my last update on the Wagner mutiny in Russia, it was 8 am in Moscow. Prigozhin took control of Rostov-on-Don and Wagner troops have…
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Nikita Petrov
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The Mutiny
I’m finishing my third beer at a Barcelona bar — I’m in Spain, trying to see if I can move my exile further from Russia — and there are explosions…
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Nikita Petrov
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May 2023

Mushrooms Are Dicks
A Yenisei fairytale
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Nikita Petrov
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March 2023

Horror Erotica in Post-Soviet Mystical Journalism
An ode to newspapers
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Nikita Petrov
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September 2022

How Russian Convicts are Recruited to Fight in Ukraine
Plus, the new Russian military cathedral
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Nikita Petrov
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