Monthly Archives: January 2008

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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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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