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Articles by Nikola Krastev

Why a Gay Muscovite Sought, and Won, U.S. Asylum

Last year, Alexander Kargaltsev became one of a handful of gay Russians granted political asylum in the United States.

2 Russian-Speaking Families Remember Their 9/11 Loss

Sept. 11, 2001, began as a gorgeous, sun-drenched morning in New York. The windows of Valery Savinkin's office provided a clear view of the two glimmering...