Blurring the line between humans and animals is a long-standing tradition in social utopian prose. In his latest novel, Leonid Bershidsky reminds us that in social experiments, people are often treated no differently than animals.
Alexander Baunov
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Russian Pipelines: Back to the Future?
In both Soviet and Russian mythology, the health of the country's economy, national power, and influence in the world are directly linked to the performance of its oil and gas industry.
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