Evel Economakis

The author holds a Ph.D. in Russian history from Columbia University. He has taught German and Russian history at universities in the United States, Canada and Russia. His work has appeared in Slavic Review, Russian and East European Review, Journal of Family History, Russian Review, Geist, Threepenny Review, The New Statesman, Dissent and American Motorcyclist, among others.

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Vladimir Putin and the New World Disorder

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