Lev Golinkin

Lev Golinkin is the author of A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka.
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Ukrainian ultra-nationalists burn flares and shout slogans as they march in the center of Lviv on April 28, 2016, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the foundation of the SS Galicia. (Yuriy Dyachshyn/AFP/Getty Images)
Ukrainian ultra-nationalists burn flares and shout slogans as they march in the center of Lviv on April 28, 2016, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the foundation of the SS Galicia. (Yuriy Dyachshyn/AFP/Getty Images)

Black Is the New Orange
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Lev Golinkin
Members of the Croatian soccer team celebrate after scoring a goal against Nigeria at Kaliningrad Stadium in Kaliningrad, Russia, on June 16.
Members of the Croatian soccer team celebrate after scoring a goal against Nigeria at Kaliningrad Stadium in Kaliningrad, Russia, on June 16.

How a WWII-Era Chant Found Its Way to World Cup 2018
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Lev Golinkin
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The Toxic Coddling of Petro Poroshenko
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Lev Golinkin
An activisit of an Ukrainian human rights organization hold a placard reading "Love is against homophobia" during a rally marking an International Human Rights Day in the center of Kiev on December 8, 2012. A court prohibited human rights supporters to celebrate the Human Rights Day . AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
An activisit of an Ukrainian human rights organization hold a placard reading "Love is against homophobia" during a rally marking an International Human Rights Day in the center of Kiev on December 8, 2012. A court prohibited human rights supporters to celebrate the Human Rights Day . AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

Ukraine Chooses Homophobia Over Europe
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Lev Golinkin
Activists and supporters of far-right Ukrainian party Right Sector participate in a rally on Independence Square in Kiev on July 21, 2015 after the party's extraordinary congress. Several thousand protesters gathered to support the party's decision to start collecting signatures for a referendum calling for for the resignation of President Petro Poroshenko and his government. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
Activists and supporters of far-right Ukrainian party Right Sector participate in a rally on Independence Square in Kiev on July 21, 2015 after the party's extraordinary congress. Several thousand protesters gathered to support the party's decision to start collecting signatures for a referendum calling for for the resignation of President Petro Poroshenko and his government. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

Winter Is Coming. And So Is Ukraine’s Far Right.
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Lev Golinkin
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