Slava Malamud
Slava Does America
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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Russian to Judgement: Slava Does Dem Debates 2.0
So, a part of America probably watched this last night, a small part of it probably did it for more than 15 minutes, and a tiny part of that part may have understood what was going on or could name maybe three of four people on stage. We have to be realistic about these things, since none of the proceedings involved B-list celebrities singing in masks or some schmuck from […] Read More
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Another Russian Hockey Player Speaks His Mind
Looks like the summer is a time for Russian hockey stars to let their guard down a bit, because yet another player, upon touching down in the Motherland, has let it loose in an interview. This time, however, Vladimir Putin does not need to bother. Unlike his colleague Artemi Panarin, 23-year-old forward Nikita Scherbak, formerly of the Los Angeles Kings and Montreal Canadiens, didn’t get into the field of political […] Read More
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Chernobyl (The Glorious Motherland Edition)
When I reviewed HBO’s hit series “Chernobyl” on Twitter a couple of months ago, I had casually mentioned that there is a Russian-made product on the same topic getting ready to hit the screens. The one with glorious KGB agents, evil CIA spies, and the heroic Motherland doing heroic Motherland things, without any of that Yankee stuff that Craig Mazin had put into his creation. You know, stuff like moral […] Read More
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