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Book Review: ‘Cigarettes and Soviets’ Examines Social and Political Impact of Cigarettes in Former USSR

Nick Flores January 23, 2023 Nick Flores

Nick Flores reviews historian Tricia Starks’ new book, "Cigarettes and Soviets: Smoking in the USSR," which he says provides a window into the Soviet project through the lens of its cigarette industry.

Residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic set off fireworks on February 21 after Russia recognized the independence of the breakaway republic as well as that of the Lugansk People's Republic / credit: Tasnim News

Looming EU Energy Crisis As U.S. Uses Ukraine As Proxy Battleground Against Russia

Nikola Mikovic February 22, 2022 Nikola Mikovic

With Russia recognizing on February 21 two breakaway republics in Ukraine’s Donbass region, war between Russia and U.S.-backed Ukraine appears closer than ever. However, such an escalation means Europe is bound to face an energy crisis, as sources of oil and gas remain too small or unreliable to meet its needs, writes Nikola Mikovic.

More than 15,000 people participated in a November 22, 2021, protest at the White House to express their disappointment with the Biden administration's coercive diplomatic strategy policy towards the democratically elected government of Ethiopia / credit: Twitter/Gennet Negussie

How the Left Can Get Ethiopia Right: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with #NoMore

Filmon Zerai December 17, 2021 Filmon Zerai

In the last few months, the left media outlets from various camps, in their sincere attempts to demonstrate solidarity and spotlight conflict in the Horn of Africa and internal developments in Ethiopia, got it wrong. They have been uncritically centering active ideological players on two opposing camps, writes blogger Filmon Zerai.

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