Comments on: The Boris Bombshell. Two Years Later. Still a Dud.

By: The Zombie Myth of Devastating Russian Depopulation | The Kremlin Stooge

The Zombie Myth of Devastating Russian Depopulation | The Kremlin Stooge — Sat, 14 May 2011 19:42:02 +0000

[...] such as Anatoly Karlin and Sean Guillory easily dismember without breaking a sweat, as they did here and [...]

By: Welcome to Another Episode of “Who Believes That??”, Starring Boris Nemtsov | The Kremlin Stooge

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:41:45 +0000

[...] calibre blew his “Putin is bad for Russia” report into the weeds nearly a year ago, dissecting it mercilessly until even people who flunked out of math in Grade 6 could grasp that his figures have no [...]

By: Something Old, Something New, Something Boris…. | The Kremlin Stooge

Something Old, Something New, Something Boris…. | The Kremlin Stooge — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:17:40 +0000

[...] purpose here to deconstruct Nemtsov’s spin as promulgated in his latest effort. That’s already been done – far better – by the razor-sharp Anatoly Karlin over at Sublime Oblivion. However, [...]

By: Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:51:42 +0000

How would the topmost graph look by itself? That is, not taking into account the higher net immigration rate during the 1990s or the influences that prior events had on the Yeltsin and Putin eras?

By: The Brouhaha over Books « Warm New England Winters

The Brouhaha over Books « Warm New England Winters — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:43:46 +0000

[...] Warm New England Winters {June 28, 2010} The Brouhaha over Books So, I’ve been catching up on my reading of blogs about Russia. It looks as if that book on Putin that was written by Nemtsov et al. is going to get media attention that it clearly does not deserve. Since I didn’t read the book, I can’t decide for myself what to make of it. Fortunately for you all, the astute Anatoly Karlin has a short review of book in his blog (check it out here). [...]

By: AK

AK — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:03:40 +0000

BTW, A Good Treaty has an excellent post Solidarnost’. Itogi. 2 goda. (Solidarity. The Results. 2 Years.) on the fecklessness, egomania and bigotry of Solidarity's leaders. Sean also raises the interesting possibility that Vladimir Milov is "the real loser" by jumping the Solidarity PR wagon just as it was about to get really going...

By: To further its evil plans for world domination, the Kremlin raises taxes on beer - Mark Adomanis - On Russia - True/Slant

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:42:14 +0000

[...] the worst leader ever!”) that is staked out by people like Boris Nemtsov. As Anatoly Karlin has noted, the health and demographics section of Nemstov’s more recent “report” was a [...]

By: Solidarnost’. Itogi. 2 goda. (Solidarity. The Results. 2 Years.) « A Good Treaty

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:05:43 +0000

[...] caused something of a media storm. In the Russia-Blogger Anglosphere, Sean Guillory and Anatoly Karlin have already dedicated entire posts to the content and public reception of this political text, but [...]

By: Alex ("zed" one)

Alex ("zed" one) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:51:44 +0000

Interesting remark. I would say, not just the limelight – the “hamfistedness” *results* in that the only opposition will be extremists…

By: AK

AK — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:26:45 +0000

I completely agree with this assessment, Mark. If I remember correctly, what originally completely turned me off to Kasparov was an interview he gave (in English) to (Western) media outlets about how Australia should not sell uranium to Russia because it is an evil empire that will pass it on to Iran. Sorry, but I don't want someone who practices economic sabotage against his own country to become President or assume any position of power at all for that matter. (That was also about the time I was beginning to get interested in Russian politics). I actually meant that the Russian state may deserve its liberal opposition (Russians deserve much better IMO) because of its idiotic hamfistedness, which seems to have the indirect effect of leaving only the driven ideologues and loudmouths and cranks in the limelight.