In episode 13, Darryl Hart and Crawford Gribben talk to Alex Titov about religious nationalism in Russia. Alex teaches history at Queen's University Belfast, where his research and teaching focus on Russian nationalism, foreign policy, the political history of the USSR, and the biography of Nikita Khrushchev. Alex is a prolific journalist and a frequent broadcaster. You can follow his work on Twitter at @TitovAlexander.

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