Russia

  • Pandemic and Putin turn UBC student into war correspondent

    Pandemic and Putin turn UBC student into war correspondent

    UBC undergraduate student and journalist Anastasiia Lapatina has spent the last four months covering Russia’s invasion of her homeland, Ukraine, while studying political science full-time.

  • UBC expert explains modern Russia, the cult of Putin and kompromat

    UBC expert explains modern Russia, the cult of Putin and kompromat

    As U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign intensifies, Lisa Sundstrom, associate professor of political science, discusses President Vladimir Putin’s motivations, Russian sentiment and the history of kompromat (Russian for “compromising material”).