What Russian students learn about US politics, elections and race relations

The World

As the United States turns inward and focuses on this week’s election, the rest of the world is watching closely, too. Ivan Kurilla is a political science professor at the European University at Saint Petersburg. He teaches Russian students about US history, US-Russia relations and contemporary US politics. Kurilla speaks with The World’s Marco Werman about conversations happening in his classroom this week.

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