Archive for September, 2007
The Short Happy Life of a Russian Anti-Corruption Investigator
By Sean at 29 September, 2007, 5:39 pm
My newest article on Pajamas Media, “The Short Happy Life of a Russian Anti-Corruption Investigator,” is now up.
Read More >>From the Archive: “A small piece of brown colored mass” Part 1/3
By Sean at 27 September, 2007, 10:30 pm
Presidential Archive of the Russian Federation, f. 3, op. 3, d. 65, l. 25-26
To: Cde. Stalin
Copy to Cde. Kaganovich
On 16 October an employee of the Special Department, Cde. Sentaretskaya, opened the daily mail addressed to Cde. Stalin.
In one of the open packages there seemed to be a letter with a small piece of brown colored [...]
On Political Vindication Radio
By Sean at 25 September, 2007, 10:41 pm
I’ll be appearing on Political Vindication Radio at 6:10 pm PST to talk about Putin and the state of Russia. Political Vindication Radio emphatically portends to be “doing the work blue blood Republicans just won’t do.” I’m not sure what that means but having a stanch lefty like myself as a guest should [...]
Read More >>Political Upgrades
By Sean at 25 September, 2007, 2:11 pm
Sergei Mironov, the leader of Just Russia, calls it “Socialism 3.0″. An interesting choice of words considering that this year marks the 90th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Anniversaries tend to function as both remembrance and rebirth, and the talk of “socialism” at Just Russia’s party congress might certainly be a rebirth of sorts. Even [...]
Read More >>More on Nashi’s Brigades
By Sean at 24 September, 2007, 7:22 pm
Rubashov from Darkness at Noon has been hibernating for the past month or so after returning from research. He has returned with an great post titled “The Sound of Marching Boots . . .” about DMD and Nashi and their role in the upcoming Duma elections. He also links the informative Moscow Times article on [...]
Read More >>The Electoral Muscle
By Sean at 23 September, 2007, 7:14 pm
The pawns are moving into place. Kommersant reports that Nashi’s “muscle”, the Voluntary Youth Militia (Dobrovol’naia molodezhnaia druzhina, DMD) has offered its “help” to the Moscow police in maintaining order during the parliamentary elections in December. According to DMD’s leader Oleg Lobkov, Nashi “is worried that extremist organizations such as Red Youth Vanguard, [...]
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