KPRF
The Year of Stalin
By Sean at 25 July, 2009, 9:48 am
Those communists in Voronezh really, really like Stalin. Last month, the Voronezh KPRF put up billboards of Stalin to promote the dictator’s great achievements. The local government demanded that the billboards be removed citing laws on advertising.
But the KPRF is undeterred. Spurred on by the OSCE’s recent resolution equating Stalin with Hitler and the local [...]
The Poverty of Russia’s Protests
By Sean at 6 February, 2009, 12:48 pm
Protests flared around the world last week in response to the global economic crisis. Last Thursday, a one day general strike of 2.5 million people brought France to a standstill. Wildcat strikes hit Britain as workers at two nuclear power plants protested the use of foreign workers. An action of a few hundred Black Bloc [...]
Read More >>Communist Circumlocution
By Sean at 17 November, 2008, 6:31 am
Kommersant Vlast‘ made an funny observation about the websites of Russian political parties. Apparently the verbosity and the brevity of a party’s website is connected to their political orientation. Those on the left are more verbose while those on the right are more terse.
The most verbose is the main page for the KPRF, a whole [...]
KPRF takes a stand, Democrats unite, and “Ukraine is not even a state!”
By Sean at 9 April, 2008, 10:45 am
The post election political lull appears to be over as Russia’s politicians gear up for Medvedev’s presidency. As everyone already knows, Medvedev is expected to nominate Putin as Prime Minister. No one expected any opposition to this, since denying Putin dominance over Russian politics is like preventing tidal wave from hitting the shore. [...]
Read More >>Paper Pauper Politicians
By Sean at 20 January, 2008, 3:10 am
One of the strange rituals of political campaigns is the wealth disclosure. Not because I think that politicians shouldn’t declare their wealth when they run for office. They should. In full. Even the offshores. And their families too. If there is a third cousin with a bank account, I, as a voter, wanna know. Better [...]
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