Expert Opinions: Russia, Eurasia

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A podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University and eurasianet.org. Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews experts about political and cultural developments in Russia and Eurasia.

  1. Voices of Ukraine, Season 2, Episode 5: Immoral People

    05/24/2023

    Voices of Ukraine, Season 2, Episode 5: Immoral People

    Ukrainian writer and journalist Nikita Grigorov was a university student studying Russian literature at Donetsk National University when Russia launched its war in Donbas in 2014. He supported an independent Ukraine and watched in disbelief as friends turned against him, sometimes violently. Then he fled to Kyiv with his father. Listen to his story.

    16 min
  2. Voices of Ukraine, Episode 4: Covering 2014 Donbas: A Spanish-Language Perspective

    04/24/2023

    Voices of Ukraine, Episode 4: Covering 2014 Donbas: A Spanish-Language Perspective

    Spanish journalist Argemino Barro was one of the only foreign correspondents in Donbas when Russia ramped up its destabilization efforts there in 2014. He talks about what it was like to cover the story for a Spanish-language audience.

    19 min
  3. Voices of Ukraine, Season 2, Episode 3: No Ordinary Fourteen-Year-Old

    02/09/2023

    Voices of Ukraine, Season 2, Episode 3: No Ordinary Fourteen-Year-Old

    Tanya Kotelnykova was fourteen years old when Russian-backed separatists occupied Horlivka, her hometown in Eastern Ukraine. She was torn away from her family and has been displaced since.

    23 min
  4. Voices of Ukraine, Season 2, Episode 2: Donetsk Was My Second Home

    01/05/2023

    Voices of Ukraine, Season 2, Episode 2: Donetsk Was My Second Home

    Christopher Atwood lived in Donetsk in the early 2010s and found himself working in Russia during its initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014. Listen to his story.

    24 min
  5. Voices of Ukraine, Season 2, Episode 1: How History Smells

    11/21/2022

    Voices of Ukraine, Season 2, Episode 1: How History Smells

    Katia Shraga Davydenko was born in Kyiv in the 1960s. She immigrated to New York in 1992. Since 2014, she has dedicated all her free time to protesting Russia's aggression and volunteering to help Ukrainians.

    24 min
  6. Voices of Ukraine: Season 2 Trailer

    11/16/2022

    Voices of Ukraine: Season 2 Trailer

    Coming in mid-November with episodes dropping monthly. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

    2 min
  7. Voices of Ukraine, Episode 12 (Season 1 Finale): Waiting for Ukraine

    11/16/2022

    Voices of Ukraine, Episode 12 (Season 1 Finale): Waiting for Ukraine

    Daniel Brennan was a Peace Corps volunteer in Hlukhiv, Ukraine when was forced to evacuate because of the pandemic. He's been trying to go back since, but the war has upended his plans. Season 1 finale.

    14 min
  8. Voices of Ukraine, Episode 11: Mark Andryczyk on Translating Mondegreen: Songs About Death and Love

    06/09/2022

    Voices of Ukraine, Episode 11: Mark Andryczyk on Translating Mondegreen: Songs About Death and Love

    Volodymyr Rafeyenko, a Russian-speaking novelist, was living in Donetsk when Russia invaded the Donbas in 2014. He fled to Kyiv, learned Ukrainian and wrote Mondegreen in Ukrainian. Mark Andryczyk translated the novel and was planning to bring Rafeyenko on book tour to the U.S. when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

    22 min
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A podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University and eurasianet.org. Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews experts about political and cultural developments in Russia and Eurasia.

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  • Creator
    Harriman Institute at Columbia University
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2023
  • Episodes
    29
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