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Maria Stepanova

Maria Stepanova
Russian poet, novelist and journalist
Europe & Central Asia

The Russian Question

Reflections on the collective ‘Russian’ guilt and responsibility

March 20, 2023 • by Maria Stepanova
The war, begun by Russia, had deprived life of all its connective tissue: nothing happening outside Ukraine held any meaning or had any weight....

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