Marlene Laruelle | Russia... Peaking Behind The Curtain - Russian Demographics, The Russia-Ukraine War & Global De-Secularisation

✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe #160 - Marlene Laruelle is a Research Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at George Washington University in Washington DC. She is an expert on the culture and anthropology of Russia and many of the Stan central asian countries. She’s written 10 books on these subjects and was just the most incredible guest to have had on the show. The podcast starts in Kyrgyzstan and then moves onto religion and what Marlene think...