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From RFERL: https://www.rferl.org/a/the-ghosts-of-august/28683440.html
“THE POWER VERTICAL
The Ghosts Of August August 18, 2017 06:41 GMT
by Brian Whitmore
August is Russia’s sleepy month — except, of course, when it isn’t.
It’s supposed to be a month for dachas, vacations, and slow news cycles. But it’s also been a month of coups, invasions, disasters, and financial meltdowns.
So much so, that it’s become something of an annual ritual — and annual cliche — to talk about “Russia’s August Curse.”
Every year, almost as if on cue, we tend to recall all the tumultuous events of Augusts past — events such as the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, the financial meltdown of 1998, the Kursk submarine disaster of 2000, and many others — and brace for what might be coming.
But at a deeper level, August isn’t just a month of dramatic, tumultuous, and often tragic events. It has also…
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