Howard Amos - Russia Starts Here: Real Lives in the Ruins of Empire

from The Orwellians · host Roland Elliott Brown

Howard Amos discusses his book "Russia Starts Here," a travelogue that illuminates Russia's Pskov region from its mediaeval history to the war in Ukraine. He talks about returning to Russia to complete his book in 2023, after most western journalists had left, and about how war, censorship, and overwhelming propaganda have changed the region and the country.

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