Emily Hoge
@emilyehoge.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Soviet History. Studying Russian organized crime, veterans, disability, and gender. Kluge Fellow 2025-2026
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On Lawfare Daily, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org spoke to @emilyehoge.bsky.social about her articles in Lawfare about Russian mobsters being sent to the war in Ukraine and how it may be altering the Russian social contract.
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
On Lawfare Daily, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org spoke to @emilyehoge.bsky.social about her articles in Lawfare about Russian mobsters being sent to the war in Ukraine and how it may be altering the Russian social contract.
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Lesia Bidochko and Oleksandr Siedin: Homophobia has taken center stage in Russia’s ideological presentation, not for its positive meaning to the regime, but as a moral argument for existential confrontation and escalation with the West.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Lesia Bidochko and Oleksandr Siedin: Homophobia has taken center stage in Russia’s ideological presentation, not for its positive meaning to the regime, but as a moral argument for existential confrontation and escalation with the West.
commons.com.ua/en/gomofobiy...
commons.com.ua/en/gomofobiy...
WOW this is wild
more details on the FBI investigation into NBA gambling and game fixing operation: 31 ppl involved, including Billups, Rozier, and Damon Jones, across 11 states and multiple years. oh they’re going to jail jail
October 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
WOW this is wild
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an FBI official says the alleged NBA gambling ring involves the "Toronto Rangers" (not a real team), which doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the quality of their investigation
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
an FBI official says the alleged NBA gambling ring involves the "Toronto Rangers" (not a real team), which doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the quality of their investigation
MAFIA BASKETBALL
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups has been “charged in an illegal poker operation tied to the Mafia,” sources told ABC News
NBA head coach charged in illegal poker operation
Heat guard Terry Rozier was arrested in a separate but related betting case.
www.goodmorningamerica.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
MAFIA BASKETBALL
Wrote about organized crime and Russia's war in Ukraine for Lawfare!
The Russian government's use of convict-soldiers formerly of the criminal underworld in the war with Ukraine has the potential to disrupt a set of careful arrangements and “understandings” that structure the peace between the Russian state and the Russian mafia, writes Emily Hoge.
Escape From the Polar Owl: Russia’s Mafia Convict Soldiers in Ukraine
The Kremlin’s recruitment of certain convict soldiers risks unraveling the deal between Russian organized crime and the state that has helped maintain stability for over two decades.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Wrote about organized crime and Russia's war in Ukraine for Lawfare!
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Patriot Front and Active Clubs are working with a Russian fight promoter to sell pay-per-view tickets to its fight club events. The article includes previously unidentified PF/AC guys like Thomas Denton a former member of the accelerationist group the Base. 1/4
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: how a Russian fight club expanded into the US with the help of American neo-Nazis
Members of white supremacist ‘active clubs’ spearheaded a US expansion of a Russian fighting group that has raised money for the Kremlin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Patriot Front and Active Clubs are working with a Russian fight promoter to sell pay-per-view tickets to its fight club events. The article includes previously unidentified PF/AC guys like Thomas Denton a former member of the accelerationist group the Base. 1/4
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Semyon Karmanov, the intellectually disabled man recruited into Russia's army from prison through a service contract he couldn't even read, was killed in Ukraine last August. His mother and sister are convinced that he enlisted without understanding what he was signing. zona.media/news/2025/10...
На войне погиб завербованный в колонии кемеровчанин с инвалидностью; он не умел писать и читать
Житель Кемерово Семен Карманов, еще в детстве получивший инвалидность третьей группы из-за диагностированной задержки ин...
zona.media
October 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Semyon Karmanov, the intellectually disabled man recruited into Russia's army from prison through a service contract he couldn't even read, was killed in Ukraine last August. His mother and sister are convinced that he enlisted without understanding what he was signing. zona.media/news/2025/10...
As a historian of masculinities, I can confirm that life truly is mostly about Buffalo Wild Wings
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
As a historian of masculinities, I can confirm that life truly is mostly about Buffalo Wild Wings
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A service that uses AI to generate “farewell videos” of soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine has been gaining popularity among Russian users. The clips show soldiers embracing their loved ones before ascending towards heaven or turning into birds.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
‘Touching stories’ Russians use AI tool to generate ‘farewell videos’ featuring soldiers killed in the war with Ukraine — Meduza
An online service that uses AI to generate “farewell videos” of soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine has been gaining popularity among Russian users, the Telegram channel Ostorozhno, Novosti…
meduza.io
September 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A service that uses AI to generate “farewell videos” of soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine has been gaining popularity among Russian users. The clips show soldiers embracing their loved ones before ascending towards heaven or turning into birds.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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In its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government has so far tried to avoid a general mobilization, turning to convicts to fill its ranks in return for pardons. @emilyehoge.bsky.social evaluates the implications of releasing these individuals back into Russian society.
In Russia, Pardoned Former Convicts Return Home From War
Russia has promised pardons to former convicts who volunteer in the war. Only eventually, some may return home—bringing violence with them.
www.lawfaremedia.org
August 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government has so far tried to avoid a general mobilization, turning to convicts to fill its ranks in return for pardons. @emilyehoge.bsky.social evaluates the implications of releasing these individuals back into Russian society.
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On July 3, Russia became the first country to officially recognize the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan. Emily Hoge explains how Russia's relationship with the Taliban has evolved in the shadow of the Soviet-Afghan war. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Awkward History of Russia’s Recent Recognition of the Taliban
A little over three decades after the Soviet Union and the mujahideen fought a long and brutal war, Russia officially recognized the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan.
www.lawfaremedia.org
July 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
On July 3, Russia became the first country to officially recognize the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan. Emily Hoge explains how Russia's relationship with the Taliban has evolved in the shadow of the Soviet-Afghan war. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...