Posted by Sean on November 5, 2006
I’m fascinated by Eduard Limonov and the controversy surrounding him. In Moscow, I bought his Limonov protiv Putina to get a better idea of his thought on Russia under Putin. Time has not permitted me to read the book. I hope to get to it soon. I also purchased B. G. Yakemenko’s denunciation, Limonov o Limonove i ne tol’ko, of the National Bolshevik leader as a fascist. Yakamenko is one of Nashi’s main ideologues. My own analysis of the National Bolsheviks can be found here.
Anyway, the point of this post isn’t so much about Limonov as it is about pointing to his recent article, “Putin’s Dirty Game in Georgia” published in this week’s The Exile. Here is an excerpt:
For the last month Russia‘s society is shaken by anti-Georgian epileptic fit. Federal television stations are ..read more
Posted by Sean on November 5, 2006
National Unity Day has come and gone. Events were predictable. The nationalists defied authorities and held a modest march of 1500-2000 in Moscow chanting “Russia for Russians.” It was met by 1000 of the 6500 strong police force that was deployed around the city. Police arrested 200 people as they tried to join the illegal march. But not before a Ukrainian journalist named Maria Runova from the newspaper Mir Novostei was attacked. An officially sanctioned rally of 1000 people was held to denounce fascism.
In St. Petersburg, police used tear gas to brake up a massive street fight between 200 nationalists and a group of anti-fascist youths.
Predictably, there is a flood of reporting in the English language press. Nationalism in Russia is a topic that supports a variety views that Russia is descending into chaos ..read more
