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A dancer looks on during the opening ceremony prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Group A match between Russia and Saudi Arabia at Luzhniki Stadium on June 14th, 2018, in Moscow, Russia.

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Viewfinder: The 2018 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony in Moscow

A dancer looks on during the opening ceremony prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Group A match between Russia and Saudi Arabia at Luzhniki Stadium on June 14th, 2018, in Moscow, Russia.

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Russia’s Fraught History With the False Promises of Democracy

Vladimir Putin has created a non-democratic model that leveraged the failures of previous attempts at democracy in its ascent to dominance.

Brian Grodsky

President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Marc Kasowitz.

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Another Longtime Trump Attorney Has Links to Russia and Michael Cohen

Reports show that Trump's personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, also represented Columbus Nova, an investment firm with ties to Renova Group and Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg.

Justin Elliott

People carry portraits of World War II soldiers during the immortal regiment march, in which Russia marks the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany, in downtown Saint Petersburg on May 9th, 2018.

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Viewfinder: A World War II Remembrance in Saint Petersburg

People carry portraits of World War II soldiers during the immortal regiment march, in which Russia marks the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany, in downtown Saint Petersburg on May 9th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Women are reflected in a puddle as they walk across the Red Square in Moscow on April 26th, 2018.

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Viewfinder: A Rainy Reflection in Moscow

Women are reflected in a puddle as they walk across the Red Square in Moscow on April 26th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold a joint press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on April 3rd, 2018. Putin launched the construction of Turkey's first nuclear power station and vowed to accelerate the delivery of air defense systems to Ankara in a new tightening of an increasingly close alliance that has alarmed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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Viewfinder: A Joint Press Conference Signals Cooperation Between Turkey and Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold a joint press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on April 3rd, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

PS Picks: ‘Der Spiegel’ on the Interminable Reign of Vladimir Putin

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Ian Hurley

A Syrian army APC rolls in the former rebel-held area of Beit Nayem in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus.

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Syrian Proxy Conflicts Could Shape the Future of Middle East Security

What started as a civil conflict has quickly fallen into multiple proxy wars, ones that don't look to be dying down any time soon.

Moritz Pieper

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Internal Strife Has Slowed Development in the Republic of Georgia

The West is ignoring a dangerous socio-political duality between pro-Western and pro-Soviet populations that continue to fester in the country.

Giorgi Lasha Kasradze

Field Notes: Skid Marks on a Frozen Lake in Siberia

Siberia, Russia: A winter sunset near Ogoy Island on frozen Lake Baikal. With few passable roads, locals drive cars, jeeps, and even cargo lorries over the ice to shorten their journeys.

Pacific Standard Staff