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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: rant
Are Russian Elections Rigged?: Opinion Polls Speak Louder Than Western Rhetoric
The notion that Russian elections are systemically rigged to keep the “party of power” in, well, power is so prevalent and accepted in journalistic, political, and academic discourse in the West that it has little need of supporting documentation. Taking … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged authoritarianism, medvedev, opinion poll, politics, putin, rant, russia, russophobes, united russia, western hypocrisy, western media
56 Comments
On The Necessity Of Subjecting Kremlinologists (And Social Scientists) To Market Discipline
I have gone on record with the following odds on Russia’s next President: Medvedev – 70%, Putin – 25%, Other – 5%. The first betting site to offer odds on the Russian Presidential election has other ideas. As of June 2011, … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile
Tagged gambling, humor, medvedev, philosophy, politics, putin, rant, russia
13 Comments
In Which La Russophobe Interviews The Russophile Sociopath Blogging At Sublime Oblivion
Two weeks ago, I received a Facebook message from Kim Zigfeld, she of the infamous La Russophobe, asking me if I was interested in an interview with her. It didn’t take long for me to come to the right decision. … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged chechnya, corruption, georgia, human rights, humor, imperialism, interview, khodorkovsky, kprf, liberasty, medvedev, nato, navalny, nemtsov, pakistan, politics, putin, rant, rogozin, russia, russophobes, usa, western hypocrisy, western media, yeltsin
19 Comments
A Gambler’s Odyssey: The Beginning
Many people dream of breaking free of the 9-5 rat race, e.g. by acquiring an income stream – or a “muse,” as Tim Ferriss calls it – that is independent of bosses, location, and schedules. For most it remains just … Continue reading
Posted in A Gambler's Odyssey, Life in General
Tagged authoritarianism, gambling, life, me, poker, rant, self-help
15 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
Measuring Democracy I: Introducing the Karlin Freedom Index (KFI)
I’ve been meaning to make an in-depth study of the 3 major “freedom indices” – Polity IV (the most objective one), the Economist Democracy Index (fairly arbitrary) & Freedom in the World (a purely ideological project) – for more than … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House
Tagged authoritarianism, history, human rights, me, politics, rant
26 Comments
Another View of the US Economy: Observations on Exergy, GDP & Median Incomes
The standard view of the American economy is one of exponential growth: even if interrupted by a recession once a decade and a Depression once every two generations (the 1890′s, the 1930′s, the 2010′s?), the engines of industry would always … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime Oblivion
Tagged authoritarianism, collapse, culture, demography, economy, energy, history, morale, politics, rant, thermoeconomics, usa, vision
18 Comments
Безродный Космополит
По окончании Великой Отечественной Войны, в известнoм тосте, Сталин выделил русских, составляющих большинство красноармейцев, как «наиболее выдающуюся нацию из всех наций, входящих в состав Советского Союза». На другой стороне земного шара, в рассказе “Conversation Piece, 1945”, Владимир Набоков описывает пикантную … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile, Возвышенное Забвение
Tagged authoritarianism, history, human rights, jews, life, morale, philosophy, rant, на русском
4 Comments
Why Russians like Putin’s Russia
On May 5th, Levada carried out an opinion poll asking Russians what percentage of their family’s income is spent on food. No “Putin licking”, useful idiocy, or ifs and buts about it. It is a very straightforward question, put to … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile
Tagged economy, liberasty, politics, putin, rant, rise of the rest, russia, russians, russophobes, western hypocrisy, western media
11 Comments