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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: news 2008
A Gem (or rather, a Ring) from Lucas
The demented Russophobe Edward Lucas has surpassed even his own stellar record of profound insights about the evil empire, this time explicitly comparing Russia to Mordor (the land of shadow in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings) from his Yahoo! … Continue reading
Russia to Bail Out Iceland?
Will Russia acquire Keflavik without the need for an amphibious invasion, as in the Clancy-verse? Potentially, they could neutralize the SOSUS (a long unrealized Soviet ambition) and reinforce their position in the Arctic-Atlantic region for just 5bn $. This is … Continue reading
Comprehensive Outline of Russia’s Point of View on 2008 War of Ossetia
So let’s get this straight – breaking their own ceasefire, Georgia attacked Russian citizens and peacekeepers, and there are grounds to believe they committed war crimes, in violation of the latters’ peacekeeping mandate. All Russian military action is aimed at … Continue reading
America’s Support for Saakashvili is Morally Untenable
Reuters reports on the sheer cynism of the West, in particular the US and their Russophobic stooges in the Baltics and Poland, in international affairs. As if any more confirmation were indeed needed. MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir … Continue reading
Western Hypocrisy Lambasted Before the World
Russia’s representative at the UNSC, Vitaly Churkin, against the dramatic backdrop of Georgia’s criminal assault on Ossetia that is implicitly backed by the US and its closest allies, made a great speech lambasting Western hypocrisy, comparable to Putin’s bravura performance … Continue reading
The Writing on the Wall – Russia is Back
I stumbled across this article over at the Vineyard of the Saker. Following the lead of the New York Times, now it is Stratfor’s turn to finally start deciphering the writing on the wall. Editor’s Note: The following is an … Continue reading
News 21 July: Expansion amidst Turbulence
Let’s start with two excellent new resources I’ve recently come across. Russia: Other Points of View states its objectives thus: We believe there is need in the public forum for a venue which offers opinions and facts that at times … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged africa, corruption, demography, economy, energy, geopolitics, georgia, hi-tech, military, news 2008, opinion poll, russophobes, technology, ukraine, western media
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News 2 May: Russia’s Second Oil Peak
For all the noise being made this month about Georgia, about NATO, about Tibet, etc, possibly the most portentous is that it seems Russia hit its oil peak (strictly speaking, its second – the first happened in 1987), well in … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged agriculture, china, climate change, demography, economy, education, energy, espionage, geopolitics, georgia, hi-tech, history, humor, military, news 2008, opinion poll, space
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News 7 Apr: NATO Founders, Western Media Deconstructed
America’s desire to have Ukraine and Georgia accede to MAP foundered on European opposition from Germany, France and (somewhat surprisingly) the UK, despite Saakashvili’s implicit comparison of this to Nazi appeasement. Nonetheless, this is good for NATO as an alliance … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged belarus, economy, finance, geopolitics, islam, nato, news 2008, opinion poll, putin, russophobes, ukraine, usa, western media
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News 30 March: The Paradoxes of Russophobia
Medvedev gives his first foreign media interview (to the Financial Times), in which he charts the bedrock of his presidency. Will continue to pursue primarily Russia’s, not the West’s, interests. Will work in tandem with Putin, to whom he is … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged agriculture, china, corruption, economy, energy, georgia, islam, moscow, nato, news 2008, politics, russians, russophobes, ukraine, usa, western media
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