http://seansrussiablog.org Russia Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:58:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://seansrussiablog.org/2008/06/26/exile-looks-to-make-virtual-comeback/ 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 ... http://seansrussiablog.org/2008/06/26/russia-slain-by-spain/ 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 ... http://seansrussiablog.org/2008/06/25/russia-marches-on/ http://seansrussiablog.org/2008/06/22/russia-wins-moscow-explodes/ http://seansrussiablog.org/2008/06/21/young-guard-netherlands-1-3-russia/ 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, ... http://seansrussiablog.org/2008/06/19/politkovskaya-murder-far-from-over/ 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 ... http://seansrussiablog.org/2008/06/17/reading-capital-the-commodity-and-exchange/ 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. ... http://seansrussiablog.org/2008/06/16/reading-capital-with-david-harvey/ 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 ... http://seansrussiablog.org/2008/06/16/clan-illogic/ 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 ... http://seansrussiablog.org/2008/06/14/livin-on-the-russian-poverty-line/