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Вторая Великая Депрессия

Posted on July 29, 2009 by AK

This article is reposted from my LJ blog and summarizes my views on the global economic crisis: its origins, current developments and likely future consequences. I hope to have a more detailed English-language version up soon. 1. Этот кризис очень … Continue reading →

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Top 50 Russophobe Myths

Posted on July 4, 2009 by AK

This is a list of common Russophobe myths about Russia and its people, and the successor to a March 2008 post on a similar theme. Please be sure to check the supporting notes at the bottom before dismissing this as neo-Soviet … Continue reading →

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Translation: The Case of the “Stalinist” Textbook

Posted on May 28, 2009 by AK

NOTE: This article TRANSLATION: A. Filippov on ‘Debates about Stalin’s  Role’ in A New History of Russia 1945-­2006 is available in pdf format. Ever since the publication of Filippov’s (in)famous textbook A History of Russia 1945-2006 in 2007, the state … Continue reading →

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Putvedev is Russia’s White Rider

Posted on May 24, 2009 by AK

In this Core Article I look at Russia’s future development through the prism of historical cycles, Kremlin ideology, development theory, value shifts, elite corruption and Camus. In April 2007 Peter Zeihan of Stratfor wrote a thought-provoking article The Coming Era … Continue reading →

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Russia’s Demographic Resilience

Posted on May 22, 2009 by AK

In this post I look at the (surprisingly good) Russian demographic data for Jan-Mar 2009 and argue in more depth that the economic crisis is unlikely to have a very major negative impact on short-term fertility, or any but a … Continue reading →

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Decoupling from the Unwinding

Posted on March 28, 2009 by AK

Three months ago I wrote an extensive analysis of Russia’s economy during the crisis in which I said that although it is going to be damaged by the shutdown of its traditional financing mechanism – cheap credit from the West … Continue reading →

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Voice of the People (since July 2008) Part I

Posted on February 24, 2009 by AK

Since the last time I covered Levada‘s opinion polls was a whopping half a year back, I reckon its time to make an update on what Russians are thinking since then. A comprehensive kind of post, like what I did … Continue reading →

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Bitch Slappers of the Next 100 Years

Posted on February 23, 2009 by AK

George Friedman at Stratfor is one of my favorite analysts on world geopolitics. This is because he tries to look at the world as it is, without the pointless moralizing, neoliberal ideologizing and end-of-history triumphalism that clouds too much American … Continue reading →

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New Year Special: Year in Review and 2009 Predictions

Posted on January 2, 2009 by AK

Year in Review: 2008 Again, a very happy and successful New Year to Sublime Oblivion readers. It has certainly been a successful year for this blog, founded as Da Russophile on Jan 9th 2008. The original site at blogger has … Continue reading →

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Russia Economic Crisis III: On the Importance of Self-Sufficiency in Liquids

Posted on December 7, 2008 by AK

IMPORTANT: I have since corrected, slightly revised and released An Analysis of Russia’s Economic Crisis: On the Importance of Self-Sufficiency in Liquids in pdf format. In this essay, I analyze three major areas of concern about the current Russian economy … Continue reading →

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