Jun

26

eXile Looks to Make Virtual Comeback

June 26, 2008 | 177 Comments

I haven’t done an eXile update in a week or so.  I figure it is about time since the keen eyed poemless noted that the rag was saved by donations and plans to make a virtual return in the near future.
The press finally caught up with the eXile’s demise with the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, [...]

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Jun

26

Russia Slain by Spain

June 26, 2008 | 13 Comments

Russian and Spanish fans scuffled in Vienna before game time. In Moscow, security was tight with an extra 4000 cops on the beat.  It was all for not as Russia went down 0-3 to Spain on Thursday, dashing the hopes of a nation. Will little Guus Evgenevich Gorodnikov look to change his name? Ger Clancy, [...]

Popularity: 4% [?]

Jun

25

Russia Marches On . . .

June 25, 2008 | 36 Comments

Russia tries to keep up the momentum as it looks to face Spain on Thursday.  Ger Clancy, our ever loving Irishman, breaks down Russia’s run and their chances for the cup.
After more than 16 years in the doldrums, Russian football is finally going places. Not since Euro ’88 have Russian footballers seen the second round [...]

Popularity: 11% [?]

Jun

22

Russia Wins, Moscow Explodes

June 22, 2008 | 2 Comments

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Popularity: 11% [?]

Jun

21

Young Guard: Netherlands 1 - 3 Russia

June 21, 2008 | 13 Comments

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Popularity: 4% [?]

Jun

19

Politkovskaya Murder Far from Over

June 19, 2008 | 6 Comments

Russian authorities announced yesterday that the investigation into the murder of Anna Politkovskaya is complete.  Or at least one leg of it.  Three suspects will be charged with being accomplices in the murder: Sergey Khadzhikurbanov, a former detective with the Moscow Department to Combat Organized Crime, and the brothers Makhmudov, Dzhabrail and Ibrahim.  All three [...]

Popularity: 4% [?]

Jun

17

Reading Capital: The Commodity and Exchange

June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The introductory lecture of David Harvey’s online course Reading Marx’s Capital was nothing short of excellent.  It was a clear exposition of how you must approach Capital if you want to read it seriously.  Here is the second class as promised.  This lecture covers Chapters One: The Commodity and Chapter Two: The Process of Exchange.  [...]

Popularity: 3% [?]

Jun

16

Reading Capital with David Harvey

June 16, 2008 | 73 Comments

This may not have much to do with Russia at present, but any discussion of Marx is never too far from thinking about Russia of the past. David Harvey, distinguished professor of anthropology at CUNY, has done an amazing service by making his course “Reading Marx’s Capital” available online. Harvey is one of [...]

Popularity: 5% [?]

Jun

16

Clan Illogic

June 16, 2008 | 9 Comments

Jeffrey Tayler takes up clanology in his article “The Master and Medvedev” in hopes to map the innards of Kremlin Inc (hat tip to James at Robert Amsterdam for pointing to it). Tayler argues that Putin’s anointing of Medvedev as President, who in turn returned the favor by making his patron PM, was a [...]

Popularity: 4% [?]

Jun

14

Livin’ on the Russian Poverty Line

June 14, 2008 | 49 Comments

Who is leading the tandem dance? Is it Medvedev’s or Putin’s turn this week? The answer to who is at top in Kremlin Inc. is superfluous to those who live at Russia’s poverty line. Like in most places, the little guy is mostly a creature for cardboard cut out used for political [...]

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