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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: crime
Introducing the Journalism Security Index (JSI)
The Press Freedom Index issues by Reporters Without Borders is a good starting point for assessing journalistic freedoms in global comparative perspective. However, much like all attempts to measure democracy or Transparency International’s assessment of corruption perception, their methodology relies on tallying … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House
Tagged authoritarianism, crime, human rights, israel, journalism, russia, russian media, turkey, usa, western media
5 Comments
A Tale of the Beggar And The Billionaire
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
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged corruption, crime, khodorkovsky, liberasty, rant, russia, usa, western hypocrisy, western media
11 Comments
La Russophobe Strikes Back
Letters, we get letters, we get lots of cards and letters every day. Even fan mail from La Russophobe! Letter to the Editor: Reply to “Given Free Publicity On NTV, Khodorkovsky Only Incriminates Himself Further” (06/11/2011). In a recent blog post, … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged corruption, crime, guest, human rights, humor, khodorkovsky, ltte, mailbag, oligarchs, politics, putin, rant, russophobes
8 Comments
Given Free Publicity On NTV, Khodorkovsky Only Incriminates Himself Further
Following the failure of Khodorkovsky’s appeal against his prison sentence for theft and money laundering, state-owned NTV aired a positive segment on his case on national prime time. Most sides of the story were mentioned: Amnesty International’s designation of him … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged corruption, crime, economy, khodorkovsky, liberasty, oligarchs, politics, russia, russian media, russophobes, western hypocrisy, western media
9 Comments
Corruption Realities Index 2010
The most famous corruption indicator is Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. Its only problem is that the perceptions of their self-appointed experts have nothing to do with reality! As I explained in previous posts on this blog, it suffers from … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House
Tagged china, corruption, crime, economy, human rights, italy, oil, politics, russia, usa, western media
19 Comments
National Comparisons: Politics & Media
In the fourth part of my series comparing Russia, Britain, and the US, I turn my attention to aspects of their politics, including: markets and freedom; media independence; the role of “dissident” voices, billionaires, and corruption; and Internet culture. Some … Continue reading
Posted in National Comparisons
Tagged authoritarianism, corruption, crime, environment, internet, marxism, military, nationalism, oligarchs, politics, putin, russia, russia today, russian media, uk, usa, western hypocrisy, western media
4 Comments
REPRINT: Is Putin Pitiable, Or Is The Financial Times Corrupt?
A thundering takedown of the Financial Times transparently one-sided coverage of the Khodorkovsky affair -and Khodorkovsky says Putin is ‘pitiable’ can also serve as a palimpsest for Western media coverage of this topic in general – from Eric Kraus at Truth … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged corruption, crime, economy, guest, human rights, international relations, khodorkovsky, liberasty, oligarchs, politics, russia, russophobes, uk, western hypocrisy, western media, wikileaks
16 Comments
Exercises in Banality: The Moral Preening By Khodorkovsky Apologists
My views on Khodorkovsky – and by extension his being found guilty of $25bn embezzlement – aren’t exactly a secret (1, 2, 3) so I’ll keep this brief. 1. As usual, the only people who care about this are Western … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged corruption, crime, economy, khodorkovsky, liberasty, oligarchs, politics, russia, russophobes, western hypocrisy, western media
11 Comments
Wikileaks As A Mirror On The West
EDIT: This article has been translated into Russian at Inosmi.Ru (Wikileaks как зеркальное отображение Запада); almost as if to prove my point here! A foreign “subversive” journalist, driven by fevered idealism, publishes reams of leaked internal documents from an Authority … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile, The Sublime Cables
Tagged assange, authoritarianism, azerbaijan, cablegate, china, corruption, crime, espionage, feminism, georgia, imperialism, islam, islamophobia, rant, russia, surkov, sweden, terrorism, usa, western hypocrisy, western media, wikileaks
25 Comments
Introducing the Karlin Corruption Index (KCI)
EDIT: This article has been translated into Russian at Inosmi.Ru (Представляю Индекс коррупции Карлина). Following on the ground-breaking and globally acknowledged Karlin Freedom Index (which is of course by far the most objective, accurate, comprehensive and plain awesome democracy measuring tool … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile
Tagged chaos, china, corruption, crime, economy, italy, politics, rant, russia, ukraine, usa, venezuela, western media
30 Comments