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From the archive: Was it inevitable? A short history of Russia’s war on Ukraine

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: To understand the tragedy of this war, it is worth going back beyond the last few weeks and months, and even beyond Vladimir Putin. By Keith Gessen. Read by Andrew McGregor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  Kahane’s ghost: how a long-dead extremist rabbi continues to haunt Israel’…

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  From the archive: The great betrayal: how the Hillsborough families were f…

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  My mother, the racist

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  The reluctant collaborator: surviving Syria’s brutal civil war – and its a…

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  From the archive: Votes for children! Why we should lower the voting age t…

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  The Rainham volcano: a waste dump is constantly on fire in east London. Wh…

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  It came from outer space: the meteorite that landed in a Cotswolds cul-de-…

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  From the archive: ‘The treeline is out of control’: how the climate crisis…

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  Holidays in hell: summer camp with Russia’s forgotten children

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  The savage suburbia of Helen Garner: ‘I wanted to dong Martin Amis with a …

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  From the archive: Is society coming apart?

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  The Coventry experiment: why were Indian women in Britain given radioactiv…

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  My life as a prison officer: ‘It wasn’t just the smell that hit you. It wa…

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  From the archive: The revolt against liberalism: what’s driving Poland and…

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  ‘The ghosts are everywhere’: can the British Museum survive its omni-crisi…

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  Turkey said it would become a ‘zero waste’ nation. Instead, it became a du…