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In addition to blogging here, Anatoly Karlin also runs Arctic Progress.
You can also read his articles at Inosmi (на русском) and Al Jazeera.
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Tag Archives: baltics
The Russophobes Were Right… (About The Wrong Country)
After peaking in 2007 at the height of its oil boom, the Russian economy slid off the rails, with GDP collapsing by 25% from peak to trough. Attempts to stem the decline by arresting pessimistic economists failed. Its image as … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile
Tagged baltics, demography, latvia, russia, russians, russophobes, western media
85 Comments
Russia Demographic Update VI
As we’re now approaching mid-2011, I suppose its time to give my traditional update on Russia’s demography. So here’s the lay-down: 1. In February, I predicted a population decline of c. 50,000 in 2010 (after a 23,000 rise in 2009). … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged baltics, china, demography, india, latvia, lithuania, russia, russians, usa
18 Comments
National Comparisons: The People
The second part of my series comparing Russia, Britain, and the US focuses on the people themselves. What are their strengths and foibles? How do they vary by class, region, race, and religion? How do they view each other and … Continue reading
Posted in National Comparisons
Tagged alcohol, baltics, class system, cuisine, discrimination, education, europe, georgia, international relations, iq, islamophobia, jews, latvia, opinion poll, poland, religion, russia, russian diaspora, russians, russophobia, sexism, travel, uk, ukraine, usa
39 Comments
Crisis Demography in Eurasia
In a recent post, Mark Adomanis pointed out that the Russian economy has done significantly better than many other East European nations during the recent crisis and is now mounting a strong recovery. He also speculated on the effects of … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile
Tagged balkans, baltics, belarus, caucasus, demography, economy, estonia, latvia, poland, public health, russia, ukraine
22 Comments
The People’s Choice, or how Ukrainians are learning to stop worrying and love Eurasia
I enjoyed the egg-throwing scenes from Ukraine’s Rada on the ratification of the gas-for-fleet deal with Russia as much as anyone. It also reflected the polarized commentary on the interwebs. The Ukrainian patriot-bloggers get their knickers in a sweaty twist. The … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged baltics, economy, energy, europe, geopolitics, imperialism, international relations, military, opinion poll, politics, rise of the rest, russia, ukraine, vision, western hypocrisy, western media
27 Comments
The Transition 20 Years On: The Reckoning
It is now nearly 20 years since market reformers began liberalizing the economies of Eastern Europe, or as some smart-ass put it, trying to revive the fish in the centrally planned fish stews. These stews, cooked to diverse recipes from goulash … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile
Tagged baltics, caucasus, central asia, economy, georgia, history, politics, russia, ukraine
16 Comments
Voice of the People Part 3
This is a summary of opinion polls conducted by the Levada-Center, Russia’s Gallup, since February 2009, and continues from Part 1 and Part 2. Along with the original post Lovely Levada, this series constitutes a unique English-language reference for social … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged authoritarianism, baltics, belarus, corruption, culture, economy, estonia, georgia, history, human rights, international relations, liberasty, medvedev, military, morale, opinion poll, politics, putin, russia, russians, russophobes, soviet union, ukraine, western hypocrisy
3 Comments
The Nazi-Soviet Pact as Second Munich
On the 70th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of non-aggression between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, signed on August 23, 1939 (also my birthday!), historians, ideologues and everyone in between inevitably fall into a game of recriminations, revisionism and … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged baltics, france, history, human rights, international relations, poland, politics, russophobes, soviet union, stalin, uk, visegrad, western hypocrisy, western media
65 Comments
Top 50 Russophobe Myths
This is a list of common Russophobe myths about Russia and its people, and the successor to a March 2008 post on a similar theme. Please be sure to check the supporting notes at the bottom before dismissing this as neo-Soviet … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged baltics, chechnya, china, communism, core article, culture, economy, geopolitics, georgia, history, human rights, international relations, kosovo, liberasty, medvedev, military, morale, opinion poll, putin, russians, russophobes, serbia, soviet union, stalin, ukraine, visegrad, western hypocrisy, western media
44 Comments
Translation: The Case of the “Stalinist” Textbook
NOTE: This article TRANSLATION: A. Filippov on ‘Debates about Stalin’s Role’ in A New History of Russia 1945-2006 is available in pdf format. Ever since the publication of Filippov’s (in)famous textbook A History of Russia 1945-2006 in 2007, the state … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Translations
Tagged baltics, communism, culture, education, history, human rights, liberasty, philosophy, politics, russians, russophobes, ukraine, western hypocrisy, western media
52 Comments