Students from UWM and Notre Dame helped with the research for a recent post to the Washington Post “Monkey Cage” blog authored by UWM historian Christine Evans and Notre Dame political scientist Susanne Wengle.  UWM students included: Alexandra Stott (already graduated and on her way to U of Indiana pursuing an MA program ), Ravil Ashirov, and Blake Lilek.  Check out the post about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming “Direct Line with Vladimir Putin” call-in show: https://wapo.st/2sGszac?tid=ss_mail&utm_term=.e9dcab6c94be.