Monthly Archives: January 2008

News 31 Jan

Posted on January 31, 2008 by AK

The Western media has begun to whine about the Russian presidential elections five weeks in advance. Their beef is that Kasyanov was barred from running, ostensibly because above 5% of his required signatures were rigged, but actually to undercut the … Continue reading →

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News 25 Jan

Posted on January 25, 2008 by AK

The conventional wisdom seems to be that Russia, due to its strong macroeconomic fundamentals and relative isolation from the world economy, will weather the oncoming credit crisis well. In fact, Kudrin (the Finance Minister) suggested ‘Russia and other countries with … Continue reading →

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Editorial: Annals of Demographic Doubleback – You Live How You Eat

Posted on January 25, 2008 by AK

I have recently stumbled across Kurzweil’s The 10% Solution For a Healthy Life. According to the book (which is meticulously sourced), the ‘typical American diet gets 35 to 40 percent of its calories from fat’, in contrast to traditional east … Continue reading →

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Editorial: Annals of Resurgent Russia – CIA World Factbook 2008

Posted on January 23, 2008 by AK

The 2008 version of the CIA World Factbook has been published. While the demographic data has not been updated, new economic estimates have been published for 2007. Firstly, let’s take a look at the basics. Russia’s GDP is now estimated … Continue reading →

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Hiatus/Plans

Posted on January 18, 2008 by AK

Dear readers, (of whom there are 160 now) Unfortunately, we have some pressing commitments at the moment, which will last up to January 27th. This means that there will be few, if any, posts until then. Nonetheless, we certainly don’t … Continue reading →

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News 16 Jan

Posted on January 16, 2008 by AK

Freedom House publishes its 2008 report on Freedom in the World – below is a map of how much freedom they think there is in each country. (Green is Free, Yellow is Partly Free, Purple is Not Free). Russia scored … Continue reading →

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Core Article: What We Believe

Posted on January 15, 2008 by AK

In the first 5 days of its existence, this blog has been priveleged to receive more than more than 200 page views from more than 100 visitors from 18 different countries. We have also been linked to by the Winthrop88 … Continue reading →

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News 14 Jan

Posted on January 14, 2008 by AK

President Putin’s visit to Bulgaria to bring pipeline deal, NPP contract A new company is being created, in which Russia will own a 51% stake, to build a pipeline to carry Russian oil via the Bulgarian Black Sea port of … Continue reading →

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Editorial: Annals of Resurgent Russia – It’s the Economy (in 2007), Stupid!

Posted on January 14, 2008 by AK

Twice a year the World Bank files a Russian Economy Report. The last one was in November 2007. Let’s look at its first chapter – “Recent Economic Developments”. It does what it says, i.e., condenses Russia’s economic situation in 2007 … Continue reading →

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News 13 Jan

Posted on January 13, 2008 by AK

Rally against Georgia poll result Thousands of opposition supporters have taken to the streets in Georgia in protest at what they say were rigged presidential elections last weekend. Those gathered in the capital, Tbilisi, are demanding a second round of … Continue reading →

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