Sophie Pinkham

Sophie Pinkham is a writer specializing in Russian and Ukrainian culture and politics and the author of Black Square: Adventures in Post-Soviet Ukraine.

Stories by Sophie Pinkham

A woman carries a small Russian flag with the lettering reading "Freedom for Sergei Furgal", during an unauthorised rally in support of Sergei Furgal in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Aug. 1.

Normal Is Over for Russia’s Hinterland

Argument |

August 7, 2020, 7:43 AM

Yana, an outreach worker with Svitanok, visiting an HIV positive patient who died later that day. People with HIV are particularly susceptible to diseases such as tuberculosis, which is currently making a comeback in Ukraine's war zones. Donetsk 2011

Ukraine’s Underground AIDS-Treatment Railroad

Dispatch |

March 31, 2017, 8:00 AM

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