Russia – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:42:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Russia – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Joseph Stalin and Psychiatric Suppression of Dissent in the Soviet Union https://brewminate.com/joseph-stalin-and-psychiatric-suppression-of-dissent-in-the-soviet-union/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:49:03 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=269977 The Stalinist use of psychiatry to suppress dissent represents one of the most complete and consequential transformations of

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]]> Groomed: Trump Is Acting Exactly as a Russian Asset Would https://brewminate.com/groomed-trump-is-acting-exactly-as-a-russian-asset-would/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:17:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=268451 As Eastern Europe slides into a new era of fear and uncertainty, the White House steadfastly follows a

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]]> Reclaiming Empire: How Vladimir Putin Seeks to Build on the Legacy of Ivan the Terrible https://brewminate.com/reclaiming-empire-how-vladimir-putin-seeks-to-build-on-the-legacy-of-ivan-the-terrible/ Tue, 13 May 2025 14:52:23 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=253737 Like Ivan, Putin rose to power amid economic crisis and political disintegration. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction

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]]> Stalingrad and the Growth of the Anti-Nazi Resistance, 1942-1943 https://brewminate.com/stalingrad-and-the-growth-of-the-anti-nazi-resistance-1942-1943/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:46:42 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=252597 News of the crushing Soviet victory at Stalingrad in February 1943 over the Third Reich was intense. By

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]]> Countering Russian Lawfare and Gray Zone Operations https://brewminate.com/countering-russian-lawfare-and-gray-zone-operations/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:11:03 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=251392 The world must more aggressively confront Russian lawfare. By Dr. Omer DuruJudge AdvocateUnited States Navy By Dr. Jill

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]]> Bureaucracy and Knowledge: Medicine and the Apothecary Chancery in Pre-Modern Russia https://brewminate.com/bureaucracy-and-knowledge-medicine-and-the-apothecary-chancery-in-pre-modern-russia/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:23:22 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=230918 Knowledge circulation and information technologies in 17th-century Russia. By Dr. Clare Griffin1Assistant Professor, Department of HistoryAssistant Professor, Robert

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]]> How Russia Employs ‘Hard Soft Power’ to Influence Overseas Media and Sow Dissent https://brewminate.com/how-russia-employs-hard-soft-power-to-influence-overseas-media-and-sow-dissent/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:21:55 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=241897 Pliant media is manipulated by Moscow to present anti-Western narratives. By Dr. Catherine LutherProfessor of Journalism & MediaMinnie

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]]> Exile and Statelessness: Mikhail von Taube after the Russian Revolution in 1917 https://brewminate.com/exile-and-statelessness-mikhail-von-taube-after-the-russian-revolution-in-1917/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:20:29 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=249317 In some ways, this is a history of an intellectual cul-de-sac. By Dr. Dina GusejnovaAssociate Professor, Department of

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]]> Russia Loved the Attack on President Zelensky in the White House https://brewminate.com/russia-loved-the-attack-on-president-zelensky-in-the-white-house/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:19:31 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=251298 The Russians were thrilled with how it all went. By Nahal Toosi and Amy MacKinnon Ukraine’s supporters in

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]]> Why the Soviet Union Could Not Be Reformed in the 1980s and 1990s https://brewminate.com/why-the-soviet-union-could-not-be-reformed-in-the-1980s-and-1990s/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:19:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=240531 No one thought at the time that the Soviet Union could collapse. By Dr. José Luis Ferreira-GarcíaAssociate Professor

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