North Ossetia – Johnson’s Russia List

RUSSIALINK: “As Caucasian Glaciers Melt, Locals Face the Future With Stoicism” – Moscow Times

January 20, 2022 JRL Russia List Caucasus, Environment

Karmadon Valley file photo, adapted from image at nasa.gov

Caucasian glaciers have lost a quarter of their surface area to climate change since the millennium […]

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RUSSIALINK: “For a Troubled Russian Region, Stalin is a Local Hero” – Moscow Times

January 5, 2022 JRL Russia List History, Soviet Union, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Regions, Cities, Municipalities

File Phot of Attlee, Truman, Stalin at Potsdam, adapted from image at osti.gov

Pukhayev and other local Stalin critics are left casting around for explanations …. “Stalinism is our national Stockholm syndrome,” he said, referring to a psychological condition in which hostages develop an emotional bond with their captors […]

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