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Soccer Hooligans Prep Ukraine for Putin By Jamie Dettmer Gangs of Russian sympathizers in Ukraine are manning checkpoints, disrupting trains, and maybe even shipping weapons around the region. Are they prepping for Putin’s next war?
Ukraine Hunts for a Scapegoat By Anna Nemtsova Ukrainians are devastated by the Russian annexation of Crimea, furious at one another—and looking for someone to blame.
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The Life of America’s Next Top Escort By Scott Bixby This weekend, Duncan Black is up for two major awards at the escort industry’s Oscars. But when you pay him $400 an hour, you’re getting more than just his body.
Music Criticism Has Degenerated Into Lifestyle Reporting By Ted Gioia In the new paradigm, artists generate coverage by their clothes, hook-ups, and run-ins with the law. What happened to the music?
READ MORE RT Anchor: Here’s Why I Quit
The Mafia Plants Death in Italy’s Land of Mozzarella By Barbie Latza Nadeau Illegal dumping for decades created land so toxic that selling wine, cheese, and olive oil produced there is strictly prohibited. Locals say the land is too dangerous to even die on.
Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Raw Perfomance in Nymphomaniac By Jimmy So While you are engineered to fixate on all that naked grunting in Lars von Trier’s new film, you might miss Charlotte Gainsbourg in the most raw and intense performance of the year.
READ MORE Piers Morgan’s Comeback Strategy
Did Christie Go Easy on a Sex Trafficker Just to Bust a Small-Time Pol? By Olivia Nuzzi Chris Christie built his reputation as a crime-fighter. So why did he cut a deal with an accused sex slave ringleader—and send to jail a Democratic mayor, instead?
The Most Depressing Show on Earth: Among the Clowns of Newark By Lizzie Crocker There’s hardly ever fame in it. There’s even less money. But they still pack into their little cars and travel for miles to audition for the Ringling Brothers’ Clown College.
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Valentin Yudashkin, Russia’s Couture King By Erin Cunningham Valentin Yudashkin, Russia’s most recognizable fashion designer, talks style during the Cold War, dressing Raisa Gorbachev, and the political unrest that exists in his home country today.
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