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Nina L. Khrushcheva

Nina L. Khrushcheva

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Biden Rejects the Drug of Power

NEW YORK – “We cling to power as a flea clings to a collar,” Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, my great-grandfather, declared in 1957. To make...

23.07.2024 40

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Nina L. Khrushcheva

The demigods of populism

When the Soviet Union collapsed and global communism retreated, many hoped that the days of authoritarian leaders building cults of personality were...

04.07.2024 40

The Japan Times

Nina L. Khrushcheva

The Demigods of Populism

NEW YORK – When the Soviet Union collapsed and global communism retreated, many hoped that the days of authoritarian leaders cultivating “cults of...

01.07.2024 60

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Nina L. Khrushcheva

The fragile fraternity of China and Russia

In December 1949, Mao Zedong flew to Moscow to meet Josef Stalin. The leader of the new People’s Republic of China, which had been created just a...

26.05.2024 30

The Japan Times

Nina L. Khrushcheva

The Fragile Fraternity of China and Russia

NEW YORK – In December 1949, Mao Zedong flew to Moscow to meet Joseph Stalin. The leader of the new People’s Republic of China, which had been...

20.05.2024 50

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Nina L. Khrushcheva

The battle of ministries in Putin’s Russia

In Russia, if a public figure is being prosecuted or punished, two things used to be true: They oppose President Vladimir Putin’s rule or his...

20.05.2024 50

The Japan Times

Nina L. Khrushcheva

Russia’s Battle of the Ministries

NEW YORK – In Russia, if a public figure is being prosecuted or punished, two things used to be true: they oppose Vladimir Putin’s rule or his...

15.05.2024 100

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Nina L. Khrushcheva

The oligarch, his ex-wife, her mother and Rupert Murdoch

Russia has little trouble making headlines — and March was no exception. First, tens of thousands of Russians turned out to mourn opposition leader...

02.04.2024 40

The Japan Times

Nina L. Khrushcheva

The Oligarch, His Ex-Wife, Her Mother, and Rupert Murdoch

NEW YORK – Russia has little trouble making headlines, and March was no exception. First, tens of thousands of Russians turned out to mourn...

29.03.2024 20

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Nina L. Khrushcheva

Nina L. Khrushcheva on Navalny, Putin, Russian elections, and more

Project Syndicate: As the Ukraine war hit the two-year mark, and following Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death in prison, the United...

05.03.2024 30

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Nina L. Khrushcheva

The lonesome death of a Russian opposition leader

Back in 2013, when Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was facing bogus criminal charges, I recalled when my great-grandfather, Soviet leader Nikita...

18.02.2024 60

The Japan Times

Nina L. Khrushcheva

The Lonesome Death of Alexei Navalny

NEW YORK – Back in 2013, when Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was facing bogus criminal charges, I recalled when my great-grandfather, Soviet leader...

17.02.2024 30

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Nina L. Khrushcheva

Preparing Russia for permanent war

In the late 18th century, Catherine the Great planned a tour of Crimea, which her court favorite, Count Grigory Potemkin, had conquered a few years...

07.02.2024 10

The Japan Times

Nina L. Khrushcheva

Preparing Russia for Permanent War

MOSCOW – In the late eighteenth century, Catherine the Great planned a tour of Crimea, which her court favorite, Count Grigory Potemkin, had...

23.01.2024 70

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Nina L. Khrushcheva

The West Must Face Reality in Ukraine

MOSCOW – Harvard’s Graham Allison recently commented that, while China “is and will be the fiercest rival a ruling power has ever faced,” the...

28.12.2023 30

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Nina L. Khrushcheva

Vladimir Putin’s killer patriotism

In 2014, the former police officer Sergei Khadzhikurbanov was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the 2006 murder of Anna Politkovskaya,...

28.12.2023 20

The Japan Times

Nina L. Khrushcheva

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