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Russia

Podcast | Researching climate change in the Arctic

Masha Udensiva-Brenner Sep 21, 2021
Northern Sea Route The Northern Sea Route (Gazprom)

In the latest episode of Expert Opinions, a podcast from Eurasianet’s hosts at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews Professor Kimberly Marten about her research on climate change in the Russian Arctic.

Podcast | Expert Opinions: Transnational repression

Masha Udensiva-Brenner Jul 23, 2021

In the latest episode of Expert Opinions, a podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews Freedom House researchers Nate Schenkkan and Isabel Linzer about their report on transnational repression.

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan

Podcast | Expert Opinions: Researching kleptocracy in Eurasia

Masha Udensiva-Brenner Jun 4, 2021
Dariga Nazarbayeva Dariga Nazarbayeva, the daughter of Kazakhstan's former president, was targeted by an Unexplained Wealth Order in the UK. (Kazakh government handout)

In the latest episode of Expert Opinions - Russia, Eurasia, a podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews anti-corruption investigator Thomas Mayne about kleptocracy and what it means for democracies all over the world.

Russia

Podcast | Expert Opinions: Authoritarianism and dissent in post-Soviet states

Masha Udensiva-Brenner May 10, 2021
Russia Crimea Acceptable graffiti: A Moscow mural celebrating Russia’s annexation of Crimea (Eurasianet file photo)

In the latest episode of Expert Opinions - Russia, Eurasia, a podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews Alexis Lerner about her scholarship on authoritarianism and dissent in Russia, particularly in the context of imprisoned Russian opposition leader and political activist Alexei Navalny.

Russia

Podcast | Expert Opinions: Navalny, transparency, and political repression in Russia

Masha Udensiva-Brenner Mar 25, 2021
Navalny Alexei Navalny (Instagram)

In the latest episode of Expert Opinions - Russia, Eurasia, a podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews Matthew Murray about recently-imprisoned Russian opposition leader and political activist Alexei Navalny and his transparency efforts in Russia. Murray started doing business in St. Petersburg in 1991 and became involved in business ethics and anticorruption efforts there.

Azerbaijan

Podcast | Expert Opinions: The Trump Organization in the Caucasus

Masha Udensiva-Brenner Mar 22, 2018
Illustration by Sofo Kirtadze Illustration by Sofo Kirtadze

Masha Udensiva-Brenner tells the story of New Yorker staff writer Adam Davidson’s two investigations into Trump Organization deals in Baku, Azerbaijan and Batumi, Georgia.

Caucasus, Georgia

Episode 4: Examining Trump's Batumi Deal

Masha Udensiva-Brenner Dec 6, 2017
Illustration by Sofo Kirtadze

In 2011, Donald Trump and Georgia’s then-president, Mikheil Saakashvili, signed an agreement to build a Trump Tower in the Georgian port city, Batumi. Saakashvili exerted considerable effort to promote the tower, bringing Trump to Georgia in 2012 for a PR tour and lavish ceremony. But when Trump was elected president in 2016, the tower still hadn’t been built.

Central Asia

Episode 3: Looking at Luxury Real Estate’s Money Laundering Role

Masha Udensiva-Brenner Oct 10, 2017

A podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University.
 

Russia

Expert Opinions, Episode 2: What’s the Matter with Chechnya?

Masha Udensiva-Brenner Jun 20, 2017

A podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, hosted by Masha Udensiva-Brenner

Russia, United States

Expert Opinions, Episode 1: Russian Protests and Evolving US-Russia Relations

Masha Udensiva-Brenner May 9, 2017

A podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, hosted by Masha Udensiva-Brenner
 

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