Aug

19

Slezkine’s Mercurian Century

August 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment

“The Modern Age is the Jewish Age, and the twentieth century, in particular, is the Jewish Century.” Such is the opening line of Yuri Slezkine’s intriguing and controversial book, the Jewish Century. Slezkine charts modernity through the journey of one, albeit significant, ethnic/religious group: Russia’s Jews. It’s a story about shedding and […]

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Aug

16

The Natsbols Rise Again [Updated]

August 16, 2005 | 2 Comments

It seems that many of Russia’s opposition parties can now breath a sigh of relief. Today, the Russian Supreme Court overturned the Moscow Regional Court’s banning of the National Bolshevik Party. If you remember, the Natsbols were outlawed in June for violating Russia’s political party law. The Natsbols originally filed as a political […]

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Aug

2

Молчание = Смерть (Silence = Death)

August 2, 2005 | 4 Comments

For Rodrick.
Two weeks ago readers of the Moscow Times were met with a rather chilling article on the front page. The headline: “Growing Number of Army Draftees Have HIV”. According to Major General Valery Kulikov the number of draftees rejected by the Russian army with HIV “skyrocketed by 27 percent over the past […]

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Aug

1

Nighline’s Shamil Basayev Interview

August 1, 2005 | 2 Comments

For the past few days Russian news outlets have been filled with stories and condemnations. The issue: the Nighline’s broadcast of an interview by Russian journalist Andrei Babitsky with Shamil Basayev, the most notorious and wanted man in Russia. Basayev is a terrorist and he admits it. A proclaimed Chechen nationalist and […]

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