International journalists Marzio Mian and Alessandro Cosmelli discussed on Friday their recent work reporting along the Volga River in Russia, which produced a cover story for Harper’s Magazine called “Behind the New Iron Curtain.” The event, co-hosted by The Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, included a short screening.
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The Volga river has defined the history and geography of Russia and is the basin of Russian identity. If there is a way to try to understand what it means
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is running for a fifth term in office this week, has over the past two decades built up a system of domestic repression and confrontation with the West that is almost certain to guarantee his re-election. Putin won his first presidential election in March 2000 and a second term in 2004.