Shaun Walker is the Central and Eastern European correspondent for The Guardian and author of the book, The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past, published by Oxford University Press. Follow him on Twitter at @shaunwalker7.

Shaun Walker

Shaun Walker is the Central and Eastern European correspondent for The Guardian and author of the book, The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past, published by Oxford University Press. Follow him on Twitter at @shaunwalker7.

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