Ian Garner

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Ian Garner is a historian and translator of Russian war propaganda.

He has written/been interviewed for the Washington Post, Rolling Stone, New York Times, BBC, CBC, CTV, ABC, YLE, Radio Canada, Mashable, Dainik Bhaskar, VICE News, Times Radio, and more.

His academic work focuses on Soviet and Russian literary and cultural representations of war. In his own words: "I am on a mission to illuminate the hidden sides of Soviet and Russian life - a world of thoughts and feelings hidden behind closed doors and the Iron Curtain - through engaging wider western audiences in recent academic discoveries."

His work has been featured in numerous publications and showcased in

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