The Parallel Universe of Russia’s War
The Documentary Podcast
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Ivan's Nationalism, Like Yevgeny Pappov's, Dates Back to the 1990s
Yevgeny Pappov's nationalism dates back to the 1990s when he lived in Russia. It was that seizure of Ukrainian land that turned Ivan from a fairly apolitical aviation engineer into a flag-waving patriot. He's now a Z-Singer and Z-Poet, part of what's now a whole cultural movement named after the letter that denotes support for the war. Yevgeny: "I can see when some people on the streets recognize me"
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