Slava Malamud
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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
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Slava Stories: Worst Trip Ever
In 2003, I worked the gold-medal game of the World Championship of ice hockey in Finland with a second-degree concussion after my partner got locked up in a Russian prison with all our money and equipment. The 2003 Worlds was my first major international event, after 4 years as a foreign correspondent for Sport-Express. As such, I was supposed to be paired up with a more experienced veteran writer, whom […] Read More
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Russian to Judgement: Slava Does Dem Debates 2.1
OK, America, you are going to need to explain to me what exactly is so difficult about chewing gum and walking at the same time. We had gum in the Soviet Union (albeit the shitty, non-bubbling kind) and we never had any trouble combining the two activities. In fact, watching hockey as a kid, I seem to clearly remember Canadians chewing gum and skating, which has to be more difficult. […] Read More
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