RUSS 112: Fourth Year Russian: Russian Media and Popular Culture Online Gazette
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This is the official page of the online gazette of RUSS 112: Fourth-Year Russian: Russian Media and Popular Culture, taught by Dr. Dmitrii Pastushenkov. Students enrolled in RUSS 112 publish two issues of the gazette each semester. Each student selects a pseudonym. Every year, the students choose the gazette’s title, logo, and slogan.
For each issue of the gazette, students explore a topic that is interesting to them either professionally or personally.
The latest issues are from Spring 2025.
Май 2025
"Relations Between Russia and the EU: Tendencies from 1993 until Today" (Vysotskii)
Read the article here.
"Smarter than The Powers that Be?" (Katerina the Bold)
Read the article here.
"Serbian Protests and Russian-language Media" (Kuzya)
Read the article here.
"The Mutation of Russian Propaganda" (Lara)
Read the article here.
""Cultural Appropriation": The Moscow Clothing Brand YAKA and the Theft of Kyrgyz Ornaments." (Michael Jordan)
Read the article here.
"How has Russian Ballet Changed after the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine?" (S.B. Glan)
Read the article here.
"Journalists: Observers or Participants in Russian Politics?" (Sonya Silver)
Read the article here.
"Emigration from Russia after the Beginning of the War in Ukraine" (Tikhon the Beak)
Read the article here.
Апрель 2025
"Russian-Israeli Relations: Historical Perspective and the Latest Narrative Tendencies" (Vysotskii)
Read the article here.
"The Pskov Cocktail of Military Propaganda" (Katerina the Bold)
Read the article here.
"The Special Military Operation on Spring: The Series "Lilies of the Valley" and Propagandistic Theses" (Kuzya)
Read the article here.
"About the Conflict around the "Northern Territories" or the "Kuril Islands"" (Lara)
Read the article here.
"Labor Migrants from Central Asia in Russia: How are They Treated by the State, the Media, and the People?" (Michael Jordan)
Read the article here.
"How the Media Interprets the Suspicious Death of the Dancer Vladimir Shklyarov" (S.B. Glan)
Read the article here.
"How Russian Propaganda Influenced Trump and American Republicans" (Sonya Silver)
Read the article here.
"How Does Independent and State-Run Media portray Property and Corruption?" (Tikhon the Beak)
Read the article here.