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The Department of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) is a small, close-knit, and supportive community that fosters student engagement and achievement. Our faculty challenges students to immerse themselves in the Russian language and the history, politics, and cultures of the region.

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  Persecuted for Opposing the Ukraine War, Russian Scholar Teaches at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾

  After being effectively forced out of his job in St. Petersburg due to his opposition to the Ukraine war, Russian academic Ivan Kurilla enjoys a semester at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ as visiting scholar.
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  Evan Gershkovich ’14 Convicted by Russian Court in Case Denounced by US as a Sham, Possibly Setting the Stage for Prisoner Swap

  In a case that the US government and the Wall Street Journal have denounced as a sham, Evan Gershkovich ‘14, the first American journalist to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War, has been found guilty of spying by a Russian court and sentenced to sixteen years in prison following a secret, three-day trial, the Associated Press reports.
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  Friends, Faculty, Experts Discuss Ongoing Detainment of Evan Gershkovich ‘14

  Classmates of Evan Gershkovich ’14 join a faculty member and a colleague to talk about the detained journalist, who has now clocked up more than fourteen months behind bars in Moscow, facing unsubstantiated espionage charges.