Archive for October, 2006
Кто мог бы быть президентом?
By Sean at 31 October, 2006, 5:57 pm
Tags: Putin|Russia|politics|humor
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By Sean at 31 October, 2006, 5:57 pm
Tags: Putin|Russia|politics|humor
Read More >>Anna Politkovskaya and the Politics of Memory
By Sean at 31 October, 2006, 4:36 pm
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 [...]
Read More >>Rebels in the Name of the Tsar
By Sean at 30 October, 2006, 8:52 am
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 [...]
Read More >>Recommended Reading: Matt Taibbi on "The Worst Congress Ever"
By Sean at 27 October, 2006, 8:51 pm
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 [...]
Read More >>The Kremlin’s Youthful Folly
By Sean at 27 October, 2006, 7:34 am
Aleksandr Potkin, 30, changed his name a few years ago. The name change had a double effect. It was at once an gesture to distance himself from his past and an act of rebirth for the future. You see, until 2002, Potkin was a member of a little known nationalist group in [...]
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