Take a look at Coda Media’s article interviewing Ellison Center Director Scott Radnitz. “Conspiracy theories like CIA spies infiltrating democratic revolutions play a particular role in Russian politics. We sat down with author Scott Radnitz to talk about why politicians lean into these narratives.”

Visiting Scholar at Cornell University Azamat Gabuev presents his lecture “Stalin as a Neo-Pagan Deity in Contemporary Russia” on Dec. 8, 2021. The word “cult” has been used with regards to Stalin since a famous report made by Khrushchev “On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences”. But in post-soviet Russia it returns from political