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One-on-One with Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Boris Nemtsov
Alexander Liubimov’s (1962-) talk show, “One on One,” staged debates between public figures who disagreed strongly with each other. When nationalist provocateur Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1946-2022) and liberal reformer Boris Nemtsov (1959-2015) met on air in as the First Chechen War (1994-1996) was just beginning, sparks—and a piece of the set—flew.
The View from the Other Side
Journalist and LGBTQ activist Yaroslav “Slava” Mogutin responds, in the monthly magazine Top Secret (Sovershenno sekretno), to Aelita Efimova’s homophobic article on gay men in post-Soviet Russia from the same publication.
Lesbian Masha Attacks the Bureaucrats
An article on the early 1990s LGBTQ activism of Masha Gessen in Russia
“It’s all Chubais’ fault!”
The political satire show "Kukly [Puppets]" mocks Anatoly Chubais, a key architect of the disastrous early-1990s Russian privatization push known as "shock therapy." From Episode 47, “Hostages,” which aired on NTV on 27 January 1996.
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1995 poster for “The Beer Lovers’ Party.” Is this serious? This is serious!”
A poster, rendered in the style of Soviet agit-prop, but promoting the “Beer Lovers’ Party.”