Today's guest is Maxim Trudolyubov, the editor-in-chief of the Kennan Institute’s “The Russia File,” a blog that offers insights on current events in Russia, U.S.-Russian relations, and other critical issues of the day. He’s been a contributing opinion writer for The International New York Times since 2013, he writes regularly in Russian for the website Republic, and his latest book is called “The Tragedy of Property: Private Life, Ownership and the Russian State.” Max has also worked at the newspaper Vedomosti for more than a decade.Read “The Russia File” here:http://www.kennan-russiafile.org/author/maxtrudolyubov/Follow Max on Twitter:https://twitter.com/russiafilesBuy his latest book, “The Tragedy of Property: Private Life, Ownership and the Russian State”:https://www.amazon.com/Tragedy-Property-Private-Ownership-Russian/dp/150952701XSupport this very podcast here:www.patreon.com/kevinrothrockMusic:Ну погоди, episode 14, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHd3sxpEbo&t=7sОлег Анофриев, Бременские музыканты, “Говорят, мы бяки-буки,” www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-3wC7gkMDQHenrik Lundkvist, “Kalinka on a Balalaika,” www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH5znHQ9QRYSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/kevinrothrock)