Feb

27

We’re Not Nazis, We’re Punk-Anarchists

February 27, 2007 | 3 Comments

“We’re punks!” declare immigrant teens mostly from the CIS who hang out at Petah Tikva’s Gan Yehonatan club in Israel. They are also skinheads. But skins come a various types. You have anti-racist skins, Nazi skins (or boneheads as anti-racists call them), and apparently a new type, one that fits well in […]

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Feb

25

The "2008 Problem" and Russian Capitalism

February 25, 2007 | 4 Comments

Steven Lee Myers article, “Post-Putin” in the International Herald Tribune and in the New York Times Sunday Magazine is sparking some commentary among bloggers.

Robert Amsterdam has alerted readers to a rather amusing section where Myers speaks of Aleksandr Donskoi, the young mayor Arkhangelsk who declared his candidacy for president. Since his […]

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Feb

23

Attack on Civil Rights?

February 23, 2007 | 2 Comments

Dmitri Minaev, who runs the Russia history blog De Rebus Antiquis Et Novis, submitted the following article about the strange incident involving a human rights group called Froda and their run in with the FSB in Novorossiysk. The article is a compilation to two posts Minaev did on the story. I’ve demarcated the […]

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Feb

20

Transcript of Vyacheslav Postavnin’s Briefing with Amcham

February 20, 2007 | 5 Comments

As I’ve already indicated, the adoption and enforcement of the January 15 migration law has caused confusion among administrators, police, officials, and foreigners alike. Nothing points to this confusion more than the following transcript of Vyacheslav Postavnin’s briefing with the American Chamber of Commerce on February 8. I provide the transcript here as […]

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Feb

16

Registration, Again

February 16, 2007 | 2 Comments

A reader sent me this comment about foreign registration in Russia:
I realize that private registrations are the cheapest way to be in R BUT a traveler’s time is also money, especially when you are on a tight schedule. For between 125$ and 200$, you can get legal, convenient registration in less […]

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Feb

12

A Media Critique on the Recent Coverage of Russia

February 12, 2007 | 90 Comments

By Michael Averko

Saturday’s Feb. 10, BBC telecast to the US portrayed an “aggressive” Russian President Vladimir Putin “lashing out” at the US during a weekend gathering in Munich. The White House was then quoted as being “disappointed” with Putin’s comments. This BBC segment had an excerpt of an interview it conducted […]

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Feb

9

More on Registration

February 9, 2007 | 2 Comments

Questions about Russia’s new law “On the Migration Registration of Forgein Citizens and Persons without Citizenship in the Russian Federation” continue after almost a month after its introduction on January 15. The Moscow Times has an editorial and an article addressing some of the hopes, worries, and problems with the law. Unsurprisingly, […]

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Feb

7

Andrei Vlasov’s Legacy

February 7, 2007 | 56 Comments

Introduction to “Andrei Vlasov’s Legacy”

By Sean Guillory

Studies on Andrei Vlasov and the Russian Liberation Army often double as political statements on the Soviet Union, its character, history, and legacy. Where one situates Vlasov vis-?-vis the regime is a comment on whether Vlasov was a traitor, collaborator, or patriot. Whichever of these […]

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Feb

6

Russia’s New Migration Law

February 6, 2007 | 2 Comments

If you’ve ever been to Russia, and you stay with friends or in a private residence, you know what a pain in the ass it is to register. The process required getting a letter from the person who owns the apartment, take it to OVIR, and wait in line. If an inviting organization […]

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Feb

6

Russian Cosmetic Industry Booms

February 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Thanks to Johnson’s Russia List #29, we now have a place to go for information on the cosmetics industry in Russia. Cosmetics in Russia purports to be the “first online newsletter on the Russian perfumery and cosmetics market in English.” Blessed thanks. According to the site, the growth in […]

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