Tag Archives: corruption

List Of Estimates On Fraud In Russia’s 2011 Duma Elections

Posted on December 27, 2011 by AK

Despite Olga Kryshtanovskaya’s disapproval, I thought it would be interesting and useful to compile a comprehensive list of blogger, pundit and “expert” opinions on the extent of fraud in the 2011 Duma elections. Interspersed among these opinions and analyses are results from … Continue reading →

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Measuring Churov’s Beard: The Mathematics Of Russian Election Fraud

Posted on December 26, 2011 by AK

In the aftermath of the 2011 Duma elections, the Russian blogosphere was abuzz with allegations of electoral fraud. Many of these were anecdotal or purely rhetorical in nature; some were more concrete, but variegated or ambiguous. A prime example of … 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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In Which I Opine On Various Matters Of Great Importance

Posted on August 19, 2011 by AK

A collection of news stories and my take on them from the past month or so. 1. Bribes are growing quickly in Russia. Their average sizes, that is. It was reported by the MVD that they increased by 5x from … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Sinophobe Myths

Posted on July 10, 2011 by AK

EDIT: This article has been translated into Russian at Inosmi.Ru (10 главных мифов китаефобии). Just as with Russia, the Western media (beholden as it is to its power elite sponsors and anti-Rest ideology) peddles many tropes about China that cloud … Continue reading →

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DAM, What A President!: The Real Medvedev, Part 1

Posted on July 8, 2011 by AK

A recent study by Laura Bottazzi et al. at the University of Bologna, Italy confirmed a pretty obvious fact of international business. Far from being the rational agents of standard economics, objectively focusing on those countries offering the best return on … Continue reading →

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Names Of The Oligarchs On A Map Of The Motherland*

Posted on July 2, 2011 by AK

Not really arguing anything in this post, just sharing some interesting stats I found about the affluent class in Russia (as compared with BRIC’s and others). First, as we know Russia is (in)famous for the opulence of it oligarchy. But according … Continue reading →

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A Tale of the Beggar And The Billionaire

Posted on July 2, 2011 by AK

Imagine the following scenario. In the US, a black homeless man “robs” a bank. He only takes a single $100 bill out of the wad of cash offered, because he was hungry and had to pay to stay at a … Continue reading →

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Interview with Mark Chapman (The Kremlin Stooge)

Posted on June 22, 2011 by AK

Next in our line of Watching the Russia Watchers interviews is Mark Chapman, the fiery Canadian sailor who’s been blazing a path of destruction through the fetid Russophobe ranks since July 2010. That was when he first set up The Kremlin Stooge, … Continue reading →

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