In the early 00s I lived in the Washington DC suburbs, and saw first hand how all the old Kremlinologists and Russia specialists were being pensioned off and re

In the early 00s I lived in the Washington DC suburbs, and saw first hand how all the old Kremlinologists and Russia specialists were being pensioned off and retired. I'd attend yard sales and there'd be stacks of books about Russian culture, politics, literature, everything. Pashto was hot, and Pushkin was not. Today, they need Kremlinologists and Russian speakers all over again. What goes around, comes around...