Thread by @samagreene

A friend recently dropped off an old @CarnegieRussia brochure, and while it’s from well before my time at the CMC, I couldn’t help but share the nostalgia! (Russia hands may find this amusing. Or not. Caveat emptor.)

First things first: Alexei Arbatov never changes. Ever.

Neither, though, does @McFaul:

Or Mikhail Dmitriev:

Or Irina Kobrinskaya:

Or Lilia Shevtsova:

Not sure, alas, I can say the same for @anders_aslund:

Or David Kramer:

The evolution of @DmitriTrenin’s mustache is quite something! (And quite positive, I should add.)

But the real revelation? And the image I’ll leave you with today? I give you Sergei Markov’s beard:

My work here is done.