Dec

29

Litvinenko Mania Continues

December 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Litvinenko mania continues. A web of personalities, events, investigations, analyses and conspiracy theories has been woven so intricately that it is difficult to make any sense of it all. I think it’s time to consult the tea leaves and chicken bones. Maybe the gods can tells us who killed Alexandr […]

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Dec

26

A Gross Violation of the Public Order

December 26, 2006 | 2 Comments

By Daut

In what Moskovskii Komsomolets calls “an echo of the explosion at the Cherkizovskii market,” five Moscow militsia officers and a police dog named Steve were injured by a homemade bomb intended to kill 20 year old antifascist activist Tigran M. According to newsru.com, Tigran’s problems with local nationalists started after he went […]

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Dec

19

The Anatomy of Protest

December 19, 2006 | 6 Comments

The “March of Dissent” has certainly come and gone. The demonstration was modest and certainly ineffective on a political level. And while I don’t think the event should be overblown, I do think the March does raise some interesting questions about the Russian state, how it deals with opposition, and perhaps how it […]

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Dec

18

Julian Evans’ "Two Russias"

December 18, 2006 | 3 Comments

The “March of Dissent” continues to generate opinion and discussion. I especially liked Julian Evans’ description of how the Other Russia and Nashi rallies provide an interesting contrast as well as serve as symbolic testaments to the state of Russian youth politics. Here is an excerpt:

TWO RUSSIASJulian Evans, Moscow
Two […]

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Dec

16

Other Russia Marches Despite Police Intimidation

December 16, 2006 | 9 Comments

Three days ago, Russian MVD commandos raided the offices of Garry Kasparov under the auspices of the “On combating extremism law.” The law, which was passed in July of this year, expanded the definition of “extremism” to include public slander of officials, as well and include acts of vandalism, racism, and other forms of […]

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Dec

15

Kommersant Interview with Perry Anderson

December 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Friends at UCLA have been asking me about this interview with Perry Anderson what was published in Kommersant in October. The Russian version can be accessed here. I provided them a synopsis of it, but inquires continued to the point where I just decided to translate it. I provide it here for […]

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Dec

13

An Invitation to Submit to Sean’s Russia Blog

December 13, 2006 | 1 Comment

Below you will find an article by Michael Averko titled, “Russia’s Stance on Disputed Territories: Just How “Hypocritical” is it?” Michael sent the article with a request that I consider posting it. I agreed because I think that this issue of disputed territories is an important issue especially for the post-Soviet […]

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Dec

13

Russia’s Stance on Disputed Territories: Just How "Hypocritical" is it?

December 13, 2006 | 34 Comments

By Michael Averko

As of late, there has been a good deal of action on matter pertaining to post Communist bloc land disputes. Within the confines of the former Soviet Union, representatives of Nagorno Karabakh, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Trans-Dniester regularly meet, with some of their discussions occurring in Russia. On another […]

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Dec

12

Lugovoi and Kovtun, Guilty?

December 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment

I just can’t get away from it.
It appears that the British police are about to find their men. Scotland Yard has decided to interrogate Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun as key witnesses in the Litvinenko murder. Lugovoi, 41, a Russian business man and former KGB officer was questioned by British and Russian investigators […]

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Dec

11

Remembering Anna Politkovskaya

December 11, 2006 | 5 Comments

Last Wednesday, the PEN American Center held an event “The Writer’s Conscience:

Remembering Anna Politkovskaya & Russia’s Forgotten War” at the CUNY Graduate Center to commemorate the journalist’s murder. Speakers included Musa Klebnikov, the wife of slain Forbes Russia journalist Paul Klebnikov, Kati Marton, Dana Priest, Francine Prose, New Yorker editor David […]

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