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June 18, 2019 | The Atlantic
They Cheered Russian Rule. Now Some Have Buyer’s Remorse.
Although investment from Moscow soared in Crimea, prices are high, goods expensive, and tourists scarce.
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March 28, 2019 | The Washington Post
Let’s Empower Russians Who Are Fighting Putin’s Propaganda
The reality is that we have two great tools at our disposal: truth and humor. There is nothing that scares the Kremlin more.
March 25, 2019 | PBS NewsHour
Russia’s War in Ukraine Leads to Historic Split in the Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church in Ukraine has been under the authority of Moscow since 1686. Until the 2014 war with Russia, that situation bothered few. Now a growing number of congregations, approximately 500 so far, have joined a new independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, angering Russian President Vladimir Putin.
March 04, 2019 | VQR Online
Mountain of Tongues
Can a nationalist movement from the internet save the world's most scattered people?
January 31, 2019 | Bloomberg Businessweek
The Art of Crowdfunding War
Volunteers and nonprofits have been the backbone of Ukraine’s fight against Russia. What happens when ordinary citizens supply a military force?
January 22, 2019 | The National
America's New Policy in Africa Is an Attempt to Contain Chinese and Russian Influence
To many, Trump's new economic and security strategy looks like a desperate scramble to regain power in a region where much of the goodwill traditionally extended to the U.S. has evaporated.
November 27, 2018 | Threshold Podcast
Threshold Podcast Season 2, Episode 10—'Nickel for your Thoughts'
Half of the Arctic is in Russia, and half of Russia is in the Arctic. A web of complicated environmental stories needs to be told. But in Russia, investigative journalists are an endangered species.
November 27, 2018 | PRI's The World
An Environmental Newspaper Fights for Press Freedom in the Russian Arctic
The Barents Observer keeps a close watch on the Russian Arctic because it’s part of the neighborhood, and because there’s a lot at stake there, for Russians and the rest of us.
November 21, 2018 | Threshold Podcast
Threshold Podcast — Season 2 Episode 9: 'Who Asked You?'
Russia has more land in the Arctic than any other nation. It's also a regime that does not tolerate dissent. What does this mean for residents of Murmansk, the Arctic's largest city?
August 10, 2018 | Newsweek
Putin's Safari: Russia Pushes Into ‘Free Country for the Taking’ In Attempt to Rival the West
Russia's militarized push into the devastated but mineral-rich Central African Republic is one step toward shifting Africa's power dynamic from West to East.
June 26, 2018 | Science Magazine
The Places Where HIV Shows No Sign of Ending, and the Parts of the Human Brain That Are Bigger—In Bigger Brains
Science staff writer Jon Cohen joins podcast host Sarah Crespi to discuss how the fight against HIV/AIDS is evolving in three diverse locations.
June 13, 2018 | PBS NewsHour
1 Million Russians Are HIV-Positive, but Only a Third Get Treatment
Russia’s HIV epidemic is growing by 10 percent per year, and yet many proven HIV prevention and treatment strategies aren’t being used.
Russia's Monotowns
Monotowns, Russian cities dependent on dying industries, face an even more uncertain future now that Russia has joined the World Trade Organization.
A Melting Arctic
Global warming is happening faster around the Arctic Ocean than anywhere else. To adjust to this new climate, local communities must change the way they live and work – for better and for worse.
How to Lose a Drug War: Heroin, HIV, and the Russian Federation
The Russian Federation confronts two devastating epidemics: widespread heroin abuse and HIV/AIDS. It appears to be losing the battle against both.
Russia’s Nuclear Renaissance
As a global debate rages over nuclear power's future as a safe and clean energy source, Russia is aggressively pursuing nuclear expansion at home and abroad.
Russia: On The Move
After 20 years of fading industry, rampant corruption, and no clear ideology, Russia is now on the move. Its young people are finding new homes in—and out—of the country.
Putin’s Challenge: The Reawakening of Russian Politics
Popular demonstrations against the rule of Vladimir Putin are sweeping across Russia. Will the demands of the middle class protesters force Putin to liberalize—or keep him from returning to power?
Cold War in the Caucasus
Twenty years in limbo: Nothing exemplified the collapse of the Soviet Union like the bloody fighting over Nagorno Karabakh, and today that enclave remains a source of bitterness and tension.
Russia’s Underground Fire: Conflict and Human Rights in the North Caucasus
Ten years after the end of full scale war in Chechnya, a smoldering insurgency has spread to neighboring republics in the North Caucasus region of southern Russia.
Journalism and Censorship in the Caucasus: Revisiting Stories Never Told
Russia is ranked as one of the deadliest places in the world to be a journalist. Fatima Tlisova investigates the censorship, harassment, intimidation and murder of journalists in the Caucasus region.
Georgia and Beyond: Russia's Response to Separatism and Ethnic Conflict
The war between Russia and Georgia caught most of the world by surprise but it is a conflict that has long been brewing – and one that is part of a larger drama. The bigger context is Russia's attempt to regain the influence it enjoyed during the years of...
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December 08, 2014 | General news, Project news
This Week: Searching for a Safe Haven
Thousands of displaced Syrians journeyed across land and sea to the safe haven of Europe. How is this war's diaspora adapting behind closed doors?
November 17, 2014 | General news, Project news
This Week: Putin's Policies Leave Human Rights Under Siege
In Vladimir Putin's Russia, and in occupied Ukraine, a rough road for LGBT activists and intravenous drug users.
October 20, 2014 | General news, Project news
This Week: Crimean LGBT Discrimination: The Human Toll
The Crimean Peninsula’s annexation by Russia means a return to the shadows for LGBT people who now face public prosecution.
September 03, 2014 | General news, Project news
This Week: New “Gap Map” on the Fight Against AIDS
In the fight against AIDS marginalized communities are still being left behind. Business as usual will not end the epidemic.
August 29, 2014 | General news
Gaps in the Global Fight Against AIDS
We can now envision a post-AIDS world, but marginalized communities are still being left behind. In the global fight against AIDS, business as usual will not end the epidemic.
August 27, 2014 | Project news
Interactive Map: Russia's Monotowns
Explore Russia's nearly 300 single industry monotowns with a new interactive map.
March 10, 2014 | General news
This Week: Crimea's Sugar Daddy
The crisis in Crimea has triggered a state of high dudgeon among the political classes here in Washington.
March 09, 2014 | General news, Project news
Putin’s Pyrrhic Victory in Crimea
Pulitzer Center senior adviser Marvin Kalb explains why Putin's actions in Crimea will ensure his political demise.
December 27, 2013 | General news
2013: A Year in Photos
The Pulitzer Center staff shares favorite images from 2013.
August 13, 2013 | General news
This Week: Playing for Keeps
Do the Chinese really want to build a luxury resort and golf course in a remote corner of northern Iceland?
July 08, 2013 | General news
This Week: Identity In Flames
The best journalism takes time — time to report, time to write. We urge you to take time to read two examples of long-form magazine journalism of the highest order.
February 22, 2013 | General news, Project news
This Week in Review: The Blame Game
“How could a country so ambitious of first-world status blithely allow millions of its own citizens to die needlessly?" Greg Gilderman reports on Russia's disavowal of public health best practices.