Archive for March, 2008
Medvedev in the Financial Times
By Sean at 25 March, 2008, 7:21 am
The Financial Times has an exclusive interview with Russian President elect Dmitri Medvedev. Watch the video or read the transcript. Dima is going to have to work on that delivery. His speech is monotone. His words are technical, almost cold. He lacks the wit of Putin but also the Russian machismo. [...]
Read More >>The Community Strikes Back
By Sean at 20 March, 2008, 11:26 pm
English and Russian language blogs unite! LJ users calling for a content strike! I recommend checking out Veronica Khokhlova’s “LiveJournal: Bloggers Protest Basic Account Cancellation” for the whole story. I love the Russian’s “radical path.” Khokhlova tells us:
Some Russian-language bloggers have chosen to take a more radical path, proposed (RUS) by [...]
Read More >>Discussing the “Dark Double”
By Sean at 17 March, 2008, 7:00 am
Washington Profile has an interesting interview with Professor David Foglesong about his book The American Mission and the ‘Evil Empire’: The Crusade for a ‘Free Russia’ since 1881. I reviewed Foglesong’s book here a few months ago. Below are a few excerpts from the interview that I found interesting and pertinent to understanding where America’s [...]
Read More >>In the Times
By Sean at 13 March, 2008, 11:35 pm
There is an interview with me in “Under Western Eyes,” an article on English language Russia blogs for the Moscow Times. I especially like this line about myself. “Despite being recognized at parties and quoted in the press, Guillory is a little uncomfortable about his success.” Parties? Quoted in the press? [...]
Read More >>The Rise of the “Civiliki” and Provincial Elite Warfare
By Sean at 8 March, 2008, 1:26 pm
Western leaders have been hoping and praying that Dmitri Medvedev will be more “liberal” in foreign and domestic policy. According to a LexisNexis search the new President elect’s name is often followed with words like “liberal,” “liberal instincts,” “liberal inclinations,” and the like. It’s not that Medvedev hasn’t given Westerners any reason to hope. Take [...]
Read More >>Cracking Open the Kremlin
By Sean at 7 March, 2008, 11:01 am
The BBC World Service has done a number of radio documentaries on Russia and Putin. The Kremlin and the World is a four part series on Russia’s relationship with its “near abroad,” energy politics, Europe, and the United States. The second series, After the KGB, chronicles the fall and rise of the Russian secret [...]
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