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Articles by Pippa Crawford

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'Nowhere Is Safe': Uneasy Stability in Lviv as Russia's War Grinds On

While life in this western Ukrainian city goes on as normal, a sense of tension lurks beneath the surface.
6 Min read

Anne Applebaum’s ‘Autocracy, Inc.’ Unpacks How the World’s ‘Bad Guys’ Learn from Each Other

The acclaimed journalist's new book deconstructs the fallacy that autocracies need to be ideologically aligned to help each other.
4 Min read

‘Of Caravan and the Dogs’: A Countdown to War from Inside the Newsroom

Askold Kurov’s bold new documentary follows the dilemmas faced by Russia's human rights groups and news outlets during the invasion of Ukraine.
4 Min read
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Two Years Behind Bars, Time May Be Running Out to Save Vladimir Kara-Murza

Weakened by poison and fearing for his life, the jailed Kremlin critic’s fate is tied to the fraught diplomacy between Russia, the U.K. and the U.S.
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Writer Witold Szabłowski Spills the Beans in the Kremlin Kitchen

“What's Cooking in the Kremlin: From Rasputin to Putin, How Russia Built an Empire with a Knife and Fork,” by Witold Szabłowski, translated by Antonia...
9 Min read

Kidnap, Lies, and Propaganda: Documentary Film 'Ukraine’s Stolen Children' Comes to London

Nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children are missing and presumed being held in Russia.
4 Min read
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Marina Litvinenko: Yulia Navalnaya Must Find Her Own Voice

The activist and widow of Alexander Litvinenko also voiced frustration with Britain’s unwillingness to free Vladimir Kara-Murza in a prisoner swap.
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Ilya Ponomaryov: ‘We Have to Capture the Kremlin. There Is No Other Way’

Speaking to The Moscow Times in London, the former Russian lawmaker turned controversial opposition figure comes across as defiant, yet isolated.
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Russian Theft of Ukrainian Grain Likely a War Crime, Legal Analysis Says

Russia’s billion-dollar operation could constitute the war crimes of starvation and pillage, The Hague-based Global Rights Compliance firm said.
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In Search of Sanctuary: The Charities Helping Ukrainian and Russian Academics to Escape

Hundreds of academics and researchers in science and the arts have fled Ukraine, Russia and Belarus since the start of the war.
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Bulgarians Accused of Spying for Russia to Face Trial in London Court

New evidence was disclosed in Friday's spy plot hearing at London's Old Bailey court.
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Dmitry Glukhovsky's 'The White Factory' Explores Compromise With Evil on London Stage

A new play has opened in London’s Marylebone Theatre on a theme that might seem jarring in these times: coerced Jewish collaboration in the Holocaust...
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Belarus Free Theatre's 'King Stakh’s Wild Hunt' Trots on the London Stage

The production was a bit bumpy, but when else will you watch an innovative play in Belarusian?
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Natalia Lizorkina’s Anti-War Play 'Vanya is Alive' Heads to the Fringe

The play premiered in London before heading to Edinburgh.
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Artist Katya Muromtseva's 'Women in Black' Protest in London

Keeping the war in Ukraine and repressions in Russia in the public eye.
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Author Paul Hansbury Puts Belarus Back on the Map

Against the backdrop of current events, Belarus is often forgotten. But it shouldn't be ignored.
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Debates Over Ukraine War Rock U.K. Universities, Cultural Institutions

For Russian language students, the main impact of the war has been to make it impossible to visit the place they are studying.
5 Min read