Alissa OrdabaiRussia’s tongue-tied society: Chechnya, Syria, now Ukraine.What emboldened Putin in Ukraine? Was it Russian society’s silence following Russia’s war crimes in Chechnya and Syria? Its indifference…Mar 5, 2022Mar 5, 2022
Alissa OrdabaiBukovsky’s Pale ShadowWhile the Western mainstream press proclaims Alexei Navalny Russia’s opposition leader, its neighboring states doubt whether they’d stand…Jan 31, 2022Jan 31, 2022
Alissa OrdabaiInfiltrations, Whitewashes, and Cosy Friendships.Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty has announced today the departure of its Central Asia Program Director Abbas Javadi amidst heavy…Apr 4, 2019Apr 4, 2019
Alissa OrdabaiOleg Sentsov is Dying. What are the Risks of Acknowledging He Ever Existed?As I sit in my cosy study in South Brooklyn, ten minutes walk from the pristine ocean beach, it’s unfathomable to me how Oleg Sentsov feels…Jun 24, 2018Jun 24, 2018
Alissa Ordabai120 Key Cold War Players as Distilled from Vladimir Bukovsky’s Judgement in MoscowVladimir Bukovsky’s seminal tome Judgement in Moscow is expected to be published in English this fall. The book is a dramatic account of…Jun 10, 2018Jun 10, 2018
Alissa OrdabaiMusicians and Politics: Will Speaking Out Cost You a Dear Penny?Two weeks before Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States, I was having a conversation with an A-list classical musician…Jun 10, 2018Jun 10, 2018
Alissa OrdabaiMusic Industry Success: How to Get Started and How to Stay SafeWhen I used to work for an international music agency in New York, young people would write to me now and then asking how to get started in…Jun 9, 2018Jun 9, 2018
Alissa OrdabaiThe Babchenko Affair: Provincialism or Ignorance?Last week the main news emerging out of Russia was Oleg Sentsov’s hunger strike. The filmmaker was on the 15th day of his perilous fast…Jun 9, 2018Jun 9, 2018
Alissa OrdabaiThe Occult Prong of the Kremlin’s Propaganda MachineOne sunny May afternoon in 2017, a 14 year-old Alina Guseinova left her home in the small town of Kaspiysk in the North Caucasus republic…Jun 9, 20181Jun 9, 20181
