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Ludmila Melnikoff


“25 years of Putin”
Twenty-five years ago, Russia’s first democratically elected president, Boris Yeltsin, formally handed over power to his chosen...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Jun 52 min read
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Trump is pissed at Putin – a lover’s tiff
Russia has drafted a memorandum outlining its terms to end the war. Putin seems to be ready to make peace but not at any price. Zelensky...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Jun 51 min read
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Ludmila Melnikoff
Mar 310 min read
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Ludmila Melnikoff
Mar 310 min read
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Undeserved Punishment – Solitary Confinement in a Russian Prison – Torture, pure and simple
I never imagined that I would end up in a Russian prison, but I did. I was prohibited from contacting the Australian Embassy and...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Mar 82 min read
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Is Stockholm syndrome a myth?
On August 23, 1973, Jan-Erik Olsson, an infamous bank robber walked into a Stockholm bank with a submachine gun, a knife, a transistor...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Mar 84 min read
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All the President's Men....Well, all the Russian Presidents!
I bought these Russian matryoshki (nestling dolls) at the Central Markets in Moscow after Putin’s rise to power in late 1990s. The dolls...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Feb 223 min read
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“The Miracle of Genetics”
My mother, Nataly, is a published journalist, poet and author and has also just released her memoir about her travels in Russia in 1990 &...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Feb 191 min read
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