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Got milk? China joins the lactose lovers.

From Chinese milk to Indian chocolate, behind the world’s fast-expanding markets

21 Oct 2015

Khaled Soufani (Cambridge Judge Business School), Mark Esposito (Grenoble Ecole de Management and Harvard University) and Terence Tse (i7 Institute...

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Destroyed building, Slovyansk

Don’t call it a civil war – Ukraine’s conflict is an act of Russian aggression

24 Aug 2015

As Ukraine marks 24 years since its independence from the Soviet Union, it is embroiled in the most dangerous armed conflict in Europe – against the...

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Russian troops entering Lviv

World War One: a Russian perspective

13 May 2015

Professor Dominic Lieven's new book provides a unique view of World War One gleaned from Russian archive material.

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Mitrokhin’s KGB archive opens to public

07 Jul 2014

KGB files from the famous Mitrokhin Archive – described by the FBI as ‘the most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source’ –...

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The Crimean Tatar Sürgün: Past and Present

20 May 2014

In this article, originally published on the CRASSH website, Dr Rory Finnin - University Lecturer and Director of the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies...

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Pray for Ukraine

A divided Ukraine: Europe’s most dangerous idea

28 Mar 2014

In this article, originally published on the CRASSH website, Dr Rory Finnin - University Lecturer and Director of the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies...

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Text and the message: Russia's early 'information age'

25 Sep 2013

It may be a modern term, but information technology is as old as civilisation itself, and its impact on past societies was often just as profound. An...

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Russia: Up close

18 May 2013

A new book prize aimed at furthering our understanding of the Russian-speaking world will help the West to come to terms with the complexity of post-...

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The Lyubyanka - Former KGB Headquarters.

Behind the curtain: a history of Russian intelligence

11 May 2013

Ahead of his talk at the Hay Festival, Jonathan Haslam discusses his forthcoming history of Soviet intelligence organisations, revealing, among other...

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Hay Festival crowds

Cambridge makes Hay

08 Apr 2013

A host of Cambridge academics and alumni will speak about subjects ranging from obesity and smart drugs to US politics and domestic service at this...

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Life on the divide: the Buriad people and the world’s longest border

07 Apr 2013

A major project – Where Rising Powers Meet – looks at life along the border that separates Russia, China and Mongolia. Among the researchers involved...

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Russian Poster 38

Totalitarianism, violence and the silent majority

06 Mar 2013

The ‘horrifying genius’ of Soviet totalitarianism and its ability to control and quell protest will be examined tonight by Pulitzer Prize-winning...

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