Economics. Russia. Arsenal. Middlebury. Americana. https://bsky.app/profile/willhpyle.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/willhpyle.bsky.social/post/3m6k7z652d227Our attempt to connect Russians’ weak support for liberal political values to the economic pain caused by market reforms a generation earlier. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:3uv3xdrsoqlyqx3n4jtfunld/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6k7z652d227https://bsky.app/profile/willhpyle.bsky.social/post/3lxs67khto226Such a terrific documentary! The best I saw at our local film festival last week! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2025 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:3uv3xdrsoqlyqx3n4jtfunld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxs67khto226https://bsky.app/profile/willhpyle.bsky.social/post/3lxms5ruap22fCroquet, Anyone? Making Moscow a Vast Fun Zone to Divert Minds From War. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-summer-in-moscow.html?smid=bs-share Levada’s recent life satisfaction numbers -- the highest in the past 30 years -- almost certainly capture something real about the Russian public’s wartime mood. What's going on? 1/330 Aug 2025 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:3uv3xdrsoqlyqx3n4jtfunld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxms5ruap22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/willhpyle.bsky.social/post/3lxhhrqsmrs2kAn incredibly courageous, occasionally humorous, and deeply moving documentary about wartime Russian society. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34965515/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk28 Aug 2025 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:3uv3xdrsoqlyqx3n4jtfunld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhhrqsmrs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/willhpyle.bsky.social/post/3lxf3nx2njc2pFull article: When the party line changes: state media, immigration, and public opinion in Russia https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1060586X.2025.2553070 Middlebury alum, John Overstreet, turns his senior thesis into a neat publication with help from colleague, Kristina Sargent, and another Middlebury alum, Olive Jin.27 Aug 2025 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:3uv3xdrsoqlyqx3n4jtfunld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxf3nx2njc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/willhpyle.bsky.social/post/3lvvl4qn65k2qhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/europe/russia-economy-oil-trump-us-sanctions-tariffs.html Can Russia’s Economy Withstand Trump’s Threats to Impose Sanctions? - The New York Times08 Aug 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:3uv3xdrsoqlyqx3n4jtfunld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvvl4qn65k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/willhpyle.bsky.social/post/3lvbwctsnvs2rIn my two summers as a grad student in Moscow in the 1990s, picking up the day’s copy of the MT was a particular highlight. Many years later, when one of his sons attended Middlebury, I had the good fortune of meeting Derk and sharing with him how much the MT had meant to me. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2025 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:3uv3xdrsoqlyqx3n4jtfunld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbwctsnvs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/willhpyle.bsky.social/post/3lnkn3nsvjc2whttps://storage.googleapis.com/gsc-link/d8a47270.html24 Apr 2025 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:3uv3xdrsoqlyqx3n4jtfunld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnkn3nsvjc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/willhpyle.bsky.social/post/3lkv4furjj22shttps://publications.bof.fi/handle/10024/53965 With surveys through Dec. 2023, we compare Russians’ pre- and post-invasion well-being, spending, and savings. Happiness is up for ethnic Russians and residents of regional capitals. Household finances are more stable across the board. Durable spending is down.21 Mar 2025 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:3uv3xdrsoqlyqx3n4jtfunld/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkv4furjj22s