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Monthly Archives: January 2008
News 31 Jan
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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Tagged crime, culture, economy, georgia, human rights, military, news 2008, politics, putin, western media
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News 25 Jan
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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Tagged economy, hi-tech, international relations, military, nato, news 2008, space
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Editorial: Annals of Demographic Doubleback – You Live How You Eat
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
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile
Tagged britain, culture, demography, public health, russians
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Editorial: Annals of Resurgent Russia – CIA World Factbook 2008
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
Hiatus/Plans
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
News 16 Jan
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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Tagged demography, economy, energy, georgia, hi-tech, human rights, international relations, news 2008, poland, politics, usa
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Core Article: What We Believe
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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Tagged chechnya, core article, education, history, human rights, putin, soviet union
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News 14 Jan
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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Tagged britain, climate change, economy, energy, estonia, military, news 2008
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