In a wide-ranging episode of Russian Roulette, Olya and Jeff sit down with Max Trudolyubov, a Senior Fellow at the Kennan Institute and writer for The Russia File blog, as well as an editor at Vedomosti, the independent Russian daily.

They discuss Max’s efforts to make Russian commentators accessible to an English-language audience; Stalinism and the official view of Stalin today; religion and the state in Russia, and how this relationship has evolved; as well as Russia’s changing journalism and media landscape.

You can check out The Russia File here: http://www.kennan-russiafile.org/

You can view Max’s bio here: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/maxim-trudolyubov

Be sure to keep an eye out for his forthcoming book!

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