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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: ukraine
Reconciling Stalin with Victory
За нас за вас и за десант и за спецназ! I would like to start off by expressing my deepest respects to the Red Army veterans who fought and died so that (literally) hundreds of millions of their Slavic brethren … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile
Tagged history, human rights, marxism, philosophy, politics, putin, russia, russians, soviet union, stalin, ukraine, war
34 Comments
Sublime News #8 – #9
1. The revolution in Kyrgyzstan to be covered in Sublime News #10 – this issue is packed enough as it is. For now, read Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Resurgence (free Stratfor) for a summary. 2. Putin made a conciliatory speech on the 70th … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime News
Tagged afghanistan, asia, authoritarianism, caucasus, central asia, chechnya, china, climate change, coal, collapse, demography, economy, energy, humor, hungary, imperialism, india, iraq, islam, israel, kyrgyzstan, liberasty, mexico, middle east, military, news 2010, north korea, palestine, peak oil, poland, resource depletion, rise of the rest, russia, russophobes, shale gas, thermoeconomics, turkey, uk, ukraine, usa, venezuela, volcanos
9 Comments
Sublime News #6
1. My e-friend Eugene Ivanov participated on Peter Lavelle’s Crosstalk program at Russia Today, Lobbying: Who really rules America? Check it out! 2. Is Obama transforming America into Amerika? Let me explain. Take a look at the details of the healthcare … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime News
Tagged blogging, economy, energy, geoengineering, germany, hi-tech, international relations, islam, liberasty, military, morale, news 2010, obama, opinion poll, peak oil, public health, rise of the rest, russia, russians, russophobes, ukraine, usa, western hypocrisy
6 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
Sublime News #2
1. In response to Gregor’s surprise over my lack of mention of the Dubai assassination – don’t think it’s important or that anything substantial will come out of it. Britain may make a media ruckus over the faking of their … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime News
Tagged belarus, china, climate change, demography, economy, energy, georgia, global warming, humor, israel, me, middle east, military, politics, rant, russia, russophobes, terrorism, turkey, ukraine, usa
6 Comments
Sublime News #1
I am beginning a new post category, Sublime News, in which I collate and comment on news bits and pieces that I find interesting over the past week. Whatever I write over the week will be automatically published every Saturday, … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime News
Tagged china, climate change, corruption, demography, geopolitics, hi-tech, humor, latin america, liberasty, military, morale, news 2010, peak oil, politics, resource depletion, russia, russophobes, turkey, uk, ukraine, usa, war
11 Comments
Regathering of the Russian Lands
I have long noted Russia’s resurgence back into the ranks of the leading Great Powers; I predicted that the global economic crisis will not have a long-term retarding impact on the Russian economy; and within the past year I have … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged armenia, azerbaijan, caucasus, demography, economy, energy, france, geopolitics, georgia, imperialism, international relations, military, politics, russia, ukraine, war
14 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
Shifting Winds: The End Of Pax Americana
Every once in a while, there occurs a major shift in the international arena. The First World War and its consequences were the seminal change of the last century, collapsing ancient empires and ushering in a new era of ethno-nationalist … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged central asia, chaos, china, economy, energy, espionage, geopolitics, imperialism, international relations, iran, islam, israel, middle east, military, morale, nato, peak oil, poland, resource depletion, technology, ukraine, usa, vision, war
20 Comments
Reconsidering Parshev
In most Russian bookstores, there is a bookshelf or two dedicated to so-called “patriotic literature” – reappraisals of Stalin against “liberal revisionism”, overviews of Russia’s secret super-weapons, the exploits of its special forces and Russian theo-philosophy. Much of it is … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged agriculture, central asia, china, economy, geopolitics, georgia, history, morale, peak oil, resource depletion, ukraine, usa, vision
16 Comments