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Category Archives: Da Russophile
Boris Berezovsky: Godfather of Strategy-31 Abroad?
EDIT: This article has been translated into Russian at Inosmi.Ru (Борис Березовский: крестный отец “Стратегии-31″ за границей?). In recent months, there has coalesced yet another, fleeting Russian liberal movement, focused on holding (unsanctioned) protests on the last day of the month … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged action 31, berezovsky, goldfarb, liberasty, politics, putin, Russia Resources, russians, russophobes, sidelnikov, western hypocrisy, western media
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The Kremlinologist Catechism
This is a reprint of my article for the Sep/Oct 2010 issue of Russian Life magazine. It is a condensed version of Rosstat and Levada are Russophobia’s Bane. Enjoy! There is a Catechism that dominates American discourse on Russia today. Just … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged authoritarianism, core article, economy, human rights, liberasty, me, medvedev, morale, opinion poll, politics, putin, Russia Resources, russians, russophobes, western hypocrisy, western media
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Russophobe Hack Exposed, or: The Misadventures of Dorothée Olliéric of France-2
So you know how the Western commentariat carries on about how Russia Today fawns over the Kremlin and propagates anti-Western propaganda, while shamelessly peddling itself as a paragon of universal truth and uncompromising objectivity? Welcome to the next installment in the never-ending … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged blogging, corruption, drought, france, Russia Resources, russians, russophobes, western hypocrisy, western media
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The Death of Sergei Tretyakov & Spook Flame Wars
Sergei Tretyakov, the Russian traitor / US patriot (whatever you prefer), died June 13, 2010, at the age of 53. The Russian “illegals” were rounded up on June 27. The two week gap is exactly the same as the amount … Continue reading
Interview with Peter Lavelle (Russia Today)
The next installment of our Watching the Russia Watchers series at S/O features an interview with Peter Lavelle, the main political analyst at the Russia Today TV network, host of its CrossTalk debate show and Untimely Thoughts blogger. (He also … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Watching the Russia Watchers
Tagged blogging, chechnya, collapse, corruption, futurism, georgia, global warming, human rights, international relations, interview, islam, islamophobia, israel, journalism, palestine, politics, putin, rise of the rest, Russia Resources, russians, russophobes, usa, western hypocrisy, western media
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Russia Burning: not Apocalypse, but its Prelude
This post is a meta-commentary on media coverage of Russia’s drought and wildfires. Now make no mistake, I admire the yeoman work of some journalists in covering Russia burning: no doubt a few will even make their way into the … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged agriculture, climate change, collapse, corruption, demography, drought, futurism, global warming, pollution, Russia Resources, russians, vision, western media
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Translation: Russia’s Phantom Tandem, Real Triumvirate and the Kremlin Clan Wars
In the post with A Good Treaty’s interview, the commentator peter recommended this book, ВЛАСТЬ-2010: 60 биографий (Power in 2010: 60 biographies) by Vladimir Pribylovsky, as a “useful primer on who’s who in the Kremlin”. I happen to agree – with … Continue reading
Interview with A Good Treaty
Kicking off the Watching the Russia Watchers interview series at S/O is the promising new blogger A Good Treaty. He is a DC-based foreign policy analyst who prefers a “good treaty with Russia” to only treating with a good Russia: as a … Continue reading