Slava Malamud
Slava Does America
Ex-KGB General Says There is “Definitely” Kompromat on Trump
Ukrainian site Gordonua.com has published an interview with Oleg Kalugin a retired KGB general and Vladimir Putin’s former boss in foreign intelligence, currently living in Washington, DC. The interview was conducted in March. In it, Gen. Kalugin had a few insights on the current president’s relationship with the KGB and “comrades of the female sex” when visiting Moscow in the 1980s. Here are some relevant excerpts. Oleg Danilovich, you have […] Read More
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Russian to Judgement: Y’All Nuts
I love you, America, and this is precisely why I need to tell you that you are crazy. “You have lost your goddamn mind” might be a better turn of phrase but the word “lost” clearly indicates prior ownership, and I am no longer convinced it applies here. There is a variety of reasons one may come to this conclusion. Some are trivial, some are mundane, some may lead one […] Read More
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Slava Stories: What Do You Know About Russian Soul?
In 2004, I worked the World Championship in Czech Republic out of a refugee camp and was a part of a fight involving the 74-year old Soviet coaching legend Viktor Tikhonov. This is I, immediately after stepping off the plane in Ostrava, the day before the start of the 2004 Worlds. I have arrived perky and optimistic, safe in the knowledge that nothing can be as bad as 2003. See, […] Read More
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Chernobyl, Season 2: Concatenation of Circumstances
It’s been a couple of months since I reviewed each episode of HBO’s “Chernobyl” on Twitter, and I never thought I’d come back to this topic. It’s not like there is going to be a second season, right? Well, wrong, as it turns out, though Season 2 is being filmed not by HBO but by real life in actual Russia. Which, as it happens, is often more thrilling, depressing and […] Read More
