Fellows & Editors
Nathan Hodge
- Trip:
- Fellows Spring 2004
- Affiliation:
- Defense Week
- Country:
- Russia
- Year:
- 2004
Nathan Hodge covers the defense industry for The Wall Street Journal. Previously, he was a staff writer for Jane's Defence Weekly, reporting extensively from Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Middle East. His work has appeared in the Financial Times, on Slate.com and in a number of U.S. newspapers. Previously, he covered Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He got his start as a journalist writing for the Kyiv Post, Ukraine's English-language newspaper. Following that, he worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit in Vienna, Austria. He holds a bachelor's degree in English and Political Science from Rutgers University and master's degree in Russian and East European Studies from Yale University.
Stories
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Old Habits
Aleksandr Podrabinek sits in his cramped office in central Moscow. A small bank of computer equipment hums against a nearby wall. This is where he runs Prima News (http://www.prima-news.ru),...
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Crimes Against Minorities Raise Tensions in Russia as Election Nears
MOSCOW — Just ahead of presidential elections here, one of the two key Jewish communal groups is sounding the alarm about what it sees as a surge in violent crimes against minorities...
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Election Week in Russia: Four More Years!
MOSCOW—It was the most sensational political advertisement of the Russian election season.Erratic Russian presidential aspirant Ivan Rybkin -- best known for going AWOL in the middle of the race...
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Election Week in Russia: A Forgotten Settlement
Magomed Surov in Maisky Settlement SETTLEMENT, NORTH OSSETIA—Everyone here, it seems, has a story to tell.I place my tape player on the table, hit Record, and the three Ingush...
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Election Week in Russia: Moscow, Present Tense
MOSCOW—It feels like a scene out of a very bad Costa-Gavras movie. The police are out in force here, and it's a rather menacing sight.Blame it on the Metro...
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Election Week in Russia: Chechens Go Home!
The remains of Camp Bart BART REFUGEE CAMP, INGUSHETIA—The refugees have struck camp, and all that remains is a forlorn trash heap: some plywood, scraps of plastic sheeting, a few...
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Election Week in Russia: A Disappearance in Chechnya
Imani Soltukhanova holds a photo of her husband, slain human rights activist Aslan Davletukaev NAZRAN, INGUSHETIA—Imani Soltukhanova wasn't especially taken with her husband's line of work: Human-rights activists ply a...
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