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, [...]
Popularity: 13% [?]
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
Popularity: 11% [?]
Popularity: 11% [?]
Jun
21
Young Guard: Netherlands 1 - 3 Russia
June 21, 2008 | 13 Comments
Popularity: 4% [?]
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 [...]
Popularity: 6% [?]
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