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In addition to blogging here, Anatoly Karlin also runs Arctic Progress.
You can also read his articles at Inosmi (на русском) and Al Jazeera.
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Schröder, Captain (of What Should be) Obvious
In an interview in Spiegel, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder states the obvious, something that Washington and its British and east European lackies seem to have difficulty grasping. ‘Serious Mistakes by the West’ Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder discusses the … Continue reading
The Other Point of View
Russia: Other Points of View, predictably enough, has had a plethora of “rich” (in the “yeah, that’s rich!” sense of the word) materials to condemn the Western’s media’s tendency to present opinion and sensationalist rhetoric as fact in the service … Continue reading
Words of Truth From Lavrov
Western threats are meaningless. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began a trip to the region Thursday, beginning with talks in France on her way to Tbilisi. Lavrov, in remarks broadcast on Russian radio, sounded unconcerned about White House threats that … Continue reading
Military Lessons of the Ossetian War
War is the ultimate crucible where ideas, theories, etc, prove their worth based on outcomes. Russia’s brilliant performance in Georgia, documented by uncompromisable UPI military analyst Martin Seiff, demolished the grounds for the pessimism espoused by the likes of Pavel … Continue reading
Saakashvilisms
Georgia’s glorius leader will surely go down in the annals of history alongside other great men of his calibre like Dubya… Aug 13 (Reuters) – Following are some of the various statements made on Wednesday by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili: … Continue reading
Editorial: Deconstructing Russophobia
Streetwise Professor wrote On Russophobia, The charge of “Russophobia” is hurled around with some abandon, and I have been the target of such accusations on more than one occasion, especially in the hothouse environment of the ongoing Russo-Georgian War. More … Continue reading
Russia Blog Weighs In
Patrick Armstron in Russia Today penned a polemic on the Importance of Chronology. … On Thursday August 7, 2008, President Saakashvili of Georgia went on TV and addressed his country. There had been outbreaks of shooting in South Ossetia for … Continue reading
The Meaning of the Ossetian War
The Vineyard of the Saker pens a truly insightful article connecting Russia’s forceful, resolute response to the Maniac of Tbilisi’s craven aggression with Russians’ understanding of the sheer depths of the West’s hypocrisy, double standards and hate against them. The … Continue reading
Comprehensive Outline of Russia’s Point of View on 2008 War of Ossetia
So let’s get this straight – breaking their own ceasefire, Georgia attacked Russian citizens and peacekeepers, and there are grounds to believe they committed war crimes, in violation of the latters’ peacekeeping mandate. All Russian military action is aimed at … Continue reading
America’s Support for Saakashvili is Morally Untenable
Reuters reports on the sheer cynism of the West, in particular the US and their Russophobic stooges in the Baltics and Poland, in international affairs. As if any more confirmation were indeed needed. MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir … Continue reading