Oct
31
Кто мог бы быть президентом?
October 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Tags: Putin|Russia|politics|humor
Oct
31
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October 31, 2006 | 1 Comment
Tags: Putin|Russia|politics|humor
Oct
31
Anna Politkovskaya and the Politics of Memory
October 31, 2006 | 43 Comments
Anna Politkovskaya’s murder continues to reverberate in the Russian and Western press. It is no surprise that her memory has become one of either martyr or demon, and where one stands in this sordid binary depends more often on one’s political perspective than an appreciation or thoughtful criticism of her work. The dead [...]
Oct
30
Rebels in the Name of the Tsar
October 30, 2006 | 24 Comments
No matter how many times he denies it, people keep asking Vladimir Putin if he will seek a third term. He was asked again during Wednesday’s “Hot Line with President of Russia Vladimir Putin”. A driver named Arkady Kokayev asked, “What will happen to us, to the country after 2008?” In addition [...]
Oct
27
Recommended Reading: Matt Taibbi on "The Worst Congress Ever"
October 27, 2006 | 15 Comments
Matt Taibbi’s new article in Rolling Stone, “The Worst Congress Ever,” is only tangentially connected to Russia. Many of you will remember as the co-founder of the Moscow expat weekly, the Exile. I always felt that Taibbi was too smart for its sophomoric antics. But I think cutting his journalistic teeth on [...]
