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Accepting Diaspora: From The Caucasus to Australia

Accepting Diaspora: From The Caucasus to Australia

September 30, 2020
by Dana Hubraq
Features

I learned about it the summer after I turned 16. The fan above was blowing hot air onto my head. Miscellaneous birds made their Australiana…

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They Came to Russia on a Tour

They Came to Russia on a Tour

January 20, 2020
by Meagan Wells
Yarns

Day 1 Bleary-eyed and hungover from a wild night in Talinn, Estonia, the group of 30 Topdeckers roll into Saint Petersburg, straight to the front…

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Teremoking in Saint Petersburg

Teremoking in Saint Petersburg

June 17, 2019
by Mike Howard
Yarns

It’s a glorious spring day in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and the bright restaurant is over half full. Yuri Milokovich pulls a chair out from an…

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I Visited Seven Dentists in Europe on a Trip to the World Cup

I Visited Seven Dentists in Europe on a Trip to the World Cup

September 14, 2018
by Caitlin Cassidy
Yarns

It’s my second day on the streets of Moscow and the dentist I think I’m booked in to see doesn’t exist. I walk with my…

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I Was Chased by a Zebra in Russia

I Was Chased by a Zebra in Russia

May 7, 2018
by Louisa Mu
Yarns

Whilst on an exchange program in Europe, I was given the opportunity to go on a visa-free trip organised by the university to the Russian…

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Riding the Russian Express

Riding the Russian Express

October 9, 2017
by Karina Penner
Yarns

The smell of sausages and sweat permeates the air. Thousands of commuters push past me, an inconsequential outsider they have no problem squishing like a…

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US Involvement in Syria - About Damn Time, or Recipe For Disaster?

US Involvement in Syria – About Damn Time, or Recipe For Disaster?

April 8, 2017
by Angel Ramsey
Current Affairs

The US swoops in again to protect a country that didn’t ask for protection. Six years of innocents suffering and countless chemical attacks later, Trump…

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Can We All Just Be a Little Less Nice?

Can We All Just Be a Little Less Nice?

April 6, 2017
by Mimi LaMontagne
Features

When World War II finished in 1945, three major political changes took place. The old great powers (otherwise known as sovereign states that knew how…

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Putin's War in Syria: A Case Study in Fake News

Putin’s War in Syria: A Case Study in Fake News

December 16, 2016
by Gravy
Current Affairs

Last weekend, those grand dames of nuanced political thought, Teen Vogue, published an article apropos of Donald Trump’s “gaslighting” of America. Within, author Lauren Duca…

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I Went to Chernobyl’s Nuclear Exclusion Zone

I Went to Chernobyl’s Nuclear Exclusion Zone

February 10, 2016
by Luke McConaghey
Yarns

Gareth was looking resplendent in a t-shirt emblazoned with the words “Freedom Fighters… Big Five”. It is the kind of shirt that could get you…

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