Russian oligarchs are buying up luxury apartments in New York City.
Speaking of Russia, to understand the country’s history, you have to go back further than their Soviet past. It’s also helpful to understand what the word “smuta” means.
BBC Witness podcast on the first McDonald’s to open in Moscow after the collapse of the USSR.
BBC Documentaries podcast on digitizing Stalin’s personal papers.
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