1. The standpoint presented here is purely pro-russian, which of course has nothing to do with objective reality.
2. One can not blame the rest of the world (other than Russia and their slaves) for being “blind” and when it comes

The rash of advertisers is a sign of your blog’s worthyness.

See – http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/32548/russians_would_save_symbols_of_communism/

Be on the lookout for spin that downplays the poll result of how only 5% of Russians support an active return of Soviet symbols.

People who seek to “preserve” symbols can do so in ways different from how some suggest. To underscore this point, in NY, there’s a long running weekly military affairs show on a local radio station. The Jewish host of that show observed how a good number of Nazi regalia collectors are (as he has observed) are Jews.

During last year’s European football (soccer) tournament, Russian fans overwhelmingly displayed current Russian symbols (the white, blue and red tricolor flag and two headed eagle) over Soviet ones.

Thean again, for some, that’s bad as well.

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Two different perspectives on the recent vote for Russia’s most popular figure.

This first one falls under the category of neocon:

http://pajamasmedia.com/ronradosh/2008/12/30/the-rebirth-of-the-stalin-cult/

Note the posted comments which come after the above posted article.

Overall, this one does a better job at addressing the result, relative to some of the general takes found in English language mass media:

http://english.pravda.ru/russia/history/31-12-2008/106884-most_popular_russian-0

It’s nice that Pajamas Media is pretty good at posting valid criticisms. However, there’s still a prevailing bias. That bias excludes certain views of the former Communist bloc from having column space. Note the columnists that Pajamas Media selects for Russia related topics. In one degree or another, that kind of a slant is evident elsewhere.

Post 2

As a follow-up, some will understandably find the Pravda piece to be a bit overboard in hyperbole.

That aside, it serves as a counterweight to the mentioned Pajamas Media piece.

Post 3, 4

For whatever reason, it appears (at least as of now) that the last of my two recent posts has been posted before the first one.

Offhand, I suspect it has to do with the length and links of the first submitted post. At present, the first post is in the “awaiting moderation” category.

Pardon misspells and stilted prose. Something came up as I was posting.

AK responds: Thank you for your comments, Mike. As always you are at the forefront of challenging Russophobic stereotypes.

I’ve merged your posts together. You’re correct the moderation thing – if there’s more than 2 links in a comment, it has to be approved. This is because when I first moved the site here there was a troublesome rash of advertisers whose only “contribution” was to write posts full of links to commercial sites.

Nick

They are encouraging because they prove that independent thinkers remain, not all having already turned into consumerist zombies drived by fear, greed and hatred as the neocons would wish.

Now, I’m off to watch men’s Olympic gymnastics, and masterbate furiously.