Monthly Archives: January 2008

Mailbag: Back from a Russian Century?

Posted on January 13, 2008 by AK

Four days and 50 reader views into our baby blog’s existence, we have been priveleged to receive a number of letters to our darussophileATyandexDOTru address. All of them deal with our Towards a New Russian Century? core article (which is, … Continue reading →

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News 11 Jan

Posted on January 11, 2008 by AK

Net capital inflow into Russia hit $82.3 bln in 2007 MOSCOW, January 11 (RIA Novosti) – Net capital inflow into Russia reached a record $82.3 billion in 2007, almost double the previous year’s figure, the Central Bank announced on Friday. … Continue reading →

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Core Article: Towards a New Russian Century?

Posted on January 11, 2008 by AK

EDIT 11/27/08: Since writing this, I have come to realize that peak oil is real and will play a major role in any future scenario, and far sooner than the other three themes I highlight here. The twentieth century was, … Continue reading →

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News 10 Jan

Posted on January 10, 2008 by AK

Russian moves to ban tobacco advertising MOSCOW, January 10 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian government has decided to completely ban tobacco advertizing, by signing up to a World Health Organization anti-smoking convention. In its first session of the year, the … Continue reading →

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Editorial: Annals of Western Hypocrisy – Georgia Presidential Elections 2008

Posted on January 9, 2008 by AK

Saakashvili wins Georgian elections in first round (January 6th) TBILISI, Georgia: Georgia’s American-allied president won re-election over the weekend and avoided a runoff election in this small former Soviet state by a margin of 1 percent of the vote, according … Continue reading →

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Core Article: Reading Russia Right

Posted on January 9, 2008 by AK

At present, all we see is chaos, struggle, economic collapse, ethnic disintegration – just as the observers of 1918 did. How could they have foreseen then that a decade or so later the USSR would have begun to produce chemicals, … Continue reading →

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Core Article: Welcome to Da Russophile

Posted on January 9, 2008 by AK

THIS ARTICLE IS OUTDATED – GO TO DA RUSSOPHILE PAGE FOR THE INTRO. Da Russophile offers original analysis in our Core Articles and Editorials, records Russia-related News from an eclectic mix of media outlets with commentary and throws in some … Continue reading →

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