Category Archives: Da Russophile

What They Say After: The Post-Elections Polls

Posted on December 22, 2011 by AK

Citing evidence revolving around pre-elections opinion polls and exit polls, in my Al Jazeera article on the Russian Duma elections I made the argument that “the aggregate level of falsifications is probably at around five per cent, and almost certainly … Continue reading →

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Al Jazeera On Elections And White Ribbons

Posted on December 15, 2011 by AK

Russia’s winter of discontent? from Al Jazeera’s Stream. Overall, fairly balanced. I appear at 8:50 to ask a question about the suspicious timing - two months before the actual elections – of the creation of the website promoting the White Ribbon … Continue reading →

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Kremlin Oligarch Brutally Censors Long-Suffering Russian Media (From Printing Gratuitous Profanities)

Posted on December 15, 2011 by AK

Imagine a respected American financial newspaper such as the WSJ writes an article investigating elections fraud in favor of the Democrats. To illustrate the rightness of their point, they include a photo of a ballot for the Republicans that – … Continue reading →

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My Article On The Russian Elections At Al Jazeera

Posted on December 11, 2011 by AK

The long-promised post is out, but not here but at Al Jazeera: Truth and falsifications in Russia. It has also been translated into Russian at Inosmi.ru (Правда и фальсификации в России). In the spirit of democracy, I am adopting Alexander … Continue reading →

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All Opinion Polls Relevant To Russia’s 2011 Duma Elections

Posted on December 8, 2011 by AK

For now I’m just making the data available without commentary. Make of it what you will. Levada (18-21 Nov), VCIOM (19-20 Nov), and ISI (4-10 Nov) predictions of election results based on polls. Election results as of Dec 9th 2011, … Continue reading →

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A Quick Note On Russia’s Duma Elections 2011

Posted on December 3, 2011 by AK

On reading Western commentary on the upcoming Russian Duma elections, I realized that they can’t decide between two narratives: either the popularity of United Russia is sinking faster than Herman Cain’s following his sex abuse scandals, thus meaning that it … Continue reading →

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Putin The Peaceful?

Posted on November 15, 2011 by AK

At least, surely more so than Obama, winner of 2009′s Nobel Peace Prize. Let’s do it by the numbers. Russia under Putin fought one war, in response to Georgian aggression against Ossetians with Russian citizenship and UN-mandated Russian peacekeepers. In contrast, … Continue reading →

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BRIC’s of Stability: Why Occupy Wall Street Isn’t Coming To Moscow Or Beijing

Posted on November 7, 2011 by AK

EDIT: This article has been translated into Russian at Inosmi.ru (БРИК стабильности: почему Occupy Wall Street не приходит в Москву или Пекин?). As repeatedly noted by Mark Adomanis, the Russian liberals and the Western media have predicted about 10 of the last … Continue reading →

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Russia Demographic Update VII

Posted on October 24, 2011 by AK

EDIT: This article has been translated into Russian at Inosmi.ru (Российская демография: развенчивая мифы). It is now increasingly evident that Russia’s population has settled on a small but decidedly firm upwards growth trend. I have been vindicated. According to the latest data, … Continue reading →

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Mark Sleboda Appears On Eurasian TV

Posted on October 14, 2011 by AK

You may remember Mark Sleboda from this article in which he talked about the inherent ridiculousness of Western countries like the US and Britain criticizing Russia when they happily engage in the same abuses. He now has his own segment at … Continue reading →

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