Comments on: Interview with Kevin Rothrock (A Good Treaty)

By: New Russia Blogs to Watch

New Russia Blogs to Watch — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:12:38 +0000

[...] Treaty An anonymous foreign policy analyst based in Washington DC, recently honoured by being the first blogger to be interviewed at Sublime Oblivion. A Good Treaty’s output includes plenty of original analysis, as well as some translation [...]

By: Uranus is Agape at LaRussophobe | The Kremlin Stooge

Uranus is Agape at LaRussophobe | The Kremlin Stooge — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:30:43 +0000

[...] At “A Good Treaty” is a fairly predictable fit of playground petulance inspired by this interview, in which AGT was invited by the interviewer (Anatoly Karlin of Sublime Oblivion, another of the [...]

By: AK

AK — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:23:02 +0000

The inclusion of Krylov is interesting. I might be the only Anglosphere blogger who wrote about his work on culture at Diasporas and Barbarians. PS. Beware peter's liberal bias. I'd also suggest: * Анатолий Вассерман is just brilliant * После смерти Махатмы Ганди поговорить не с кем! - that's Filippov, he of the controversial "Stalinist" textbook. * Убийца Иллюзий * Теория заговора * АНТИРЕВИЗИОНИЗМ on history; see also Книга бревна in this department. * За вашу и нашу Свободу! - the archetypal blog of the Soviet dissident who hates Russia and worships the West... so good its a fake (Вассерман is suspected of being behind it)! ;)

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:33:46 +0000

Anatoly and AGT – thanks very much for the plug; I deeply appreciate it, as I’m too much of a newbie to blogging to be on search engines yet (except yandex.ru) and depend on referrals for traffic. The interview was excellent, highly informative and humbling. I became interested in both blogs (AGT and SO) as source material to support my conjectures, because of the diversity and excellence of reference material. It’s astounding how many people to whom I happen to be ideologically opposed simply quote opinion columns, and do little to no research beyond.

I’d be most interested to see the product of any collaboration that includes Mark Adomanis; he’s very funny and sarcastic, but you can be both when you’re right, and most of his conclusions are well-supported. Once again, thanks much!

On a slightly unrelated note, “In Moscow’s Shadows” has a great new piece on the successor to the “Emir of the Caucasus Emirate”, Doku Umarov, who has apparently decided to “spend more time with his family”. Highly recommended.

By: peter

peter — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:36:41 +0000

Well, I see, but I used "simulacrum" as a mere pejorative rather than a reference to Baudrillard and stuff. I doubt Wilson knows something you and I don't, nor do I think that "virtual politics" is an apt term for what it is supposed to describe. For instance, check out this ~~hysterical video~~ televised phone conversation between the President of Russia and his Prime Minister. Is this politics, virtual or whatever? No, it's ёбаный стыд.

By: AK

AK — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:07:51 +0000

Just that using terms like "simulacrum" (the truth which conceals that there is none) to describe Russian politics is totally Wilson-like. (For a review of his book see this by Mark Ames). Thanks for the book and blog list. I'll be sure to check it out along with AGT.

By: Yalensis

Yalensis — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:51:05 +0000

During Russia-Georgia war of 2008 I recall seeing videos on you-tube depicting American contractors (probably Blackwater) working alongside Georgian troops on Ossetian frontline. American soldiers shot these videos themselves on own cellphones as souvenirs, but then a couple of days later were killed in battle. The cellphones were captured as trophies by Russian troops, and posted on you-tube. Russian troops also captured, as trophy, American hummer filled with communications equipment and used on battlefield, but abandoned by fleeing Georgian troops. I mention this just to point out that, even without blowing up Roki tunnel, American and Russian troops did actually clash on battlefield in 2008, first time ever, I believe, since Russian civil war.

By: Global Voices em Português » Rússia: Entrevista com o Blogueiro Russo ‘A Good Treaty’

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:54:39 +0000

[...] Oblivion [Sublime Esquecimento] entrevista o autor do blog A Good Treaty [Um Bom Acordo], continuando a série de entrevistas Watching the [...]

By: peter

peter — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:13:14 +0000

In alphabet order: amoro1959 (Александр Морозов, occasional commenter "гп" is Глеб Павловский), farma-sohn (Эдуард Надточий), ivand (Иван Давыдов), kashin (Олег Кашин), krylov (Константин Крылов), ksonin (Константин Сонин), m-yu-sokolov (Максим Соколов), sergmitron (Сергей Митрофанов), vasya-lozhkin (Вася Ложкин), zt (Дмитрий Бутрин).

By: A Good Treaty

A Good Treaty — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:16:23 +0000

Thanks for the PDF link. I will read with great interest. Thanks also for the correction regarding my Kashin citation. I must have pulled the article from Kashin’s LJ and not bothered to check the byline, which Kommersant annoyingly hides at the bottom of their articles.

So who makes the top ten of your friendlenta? Let’s have it.