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Tag Archives: western hypocrisy
Boris Berezovsky: Godfather of Strategy-31 Abroad?
EDIT: This article has been translated into Russian at Inosmi.Ru (Борис Березовский: крестный отец “Стратегии-31″ за границей?). In recent months, there has coalesced yet another, fleeting Russian liberal movement, focused on holding (unsanctioned) protests on the last day of the month … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged action 31, berezovsky, goldfarb, liberasty, politics, putin, Russia Resources, russians, russophobes, sidelnikov, western hypocrisy, western media
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The Kremlinologist Catechism
This is a reprint of my article for the Sep/Oct 2010 issue of Russian Life magazine. It is a condensed version of Rosstat and Levada are Russophobia’s Bane. Enjoy! There is a Catechism that dominates American discourse on Russia today. Just … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged authoritarianism, core article, economy, human rights, liberasty, me, medvedev, morale, opinion poll, politics, putin, Russia Resources, russians, russophobes, western hypocrisy, western media
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Russophobe Hack Exposed, or: The Misadventures of Dorothée Olliéric of France-2
So you know how the Western commentariat carries on about how Russia Today fawns over the Kremlin and propagates anti-Western propaganda, while shamelessly peddling itself as a paragon of universal truth and uncompromising objectivity? Welcome to the next installment in the never-ending … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged blogging, corruption, drought, france, Russia Resources, russians, russophobes, western hypocrisy, western media
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My Interview on Middle East Geopolitics, Afghanistan and Iran & the Bomb with Marat Kunaev
I was recently interviewed on Middle East geopolitics and the Iran Question by Marat Kunaev, a blogger and translator at InoForum. I would like to thank him for the opportunity to express my views on the topic and providing a possible … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime Oblivion
Tagged afghanistan, armenia, azerbaijan, caucasus, china, energy, futurism, geopolitics, georgia, india, international relations, interview, iran, islam, islamophobia, israel, me, middle east, military, peak water, rise of the rest, Russia Resources, usa, war, water, western hypocrisy
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Interview with Peter Lavelle (Russia Today)
The next installment of our Watching the Russia Watchers series at S/O features an interview with Peter Lavelle, the main political analyst at the Russia Today TV network, host of its CrossTalk debate show and Untimely Thoughts blogger. (He also … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Watching the Russia Watchers
Tagged blogging, chechnya, collapse, corruption, futurism, georgia, global warming, human rights, international relations, interview, islam, islamophobia, israel, journalism, palestine, politics, putin, rise of the rest, Russia Resources, russians, russophobes, usa, western hypocrisy, western media
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Translation: Russia’s Phantom Tandem, Real Triumvirate and the Kremlin Clan Wars
In the post with A Good Treaty’s interview, the commentator peter recommended this book, ВЛАСТЬ-2010: 60 биографий (Power in 2010: 60 biographies) by Vladimir Pribylovsky, as a “useful primer on who’s who in the Kremlin”. I happen to agree – with … Continue reading
Interview with A Good Treaty
Kicking off the Watching the Russia Watchers interview series at S/O is the promising new blogger A Good Treaty. He is a DC-based foreign policy analyst who prefers a “good treaty with Russia” to only treating with a good Russia: as a … Continue reading
A Rant on Orientalism & Western “Experts”
I’ve recently had a debate with… let’s call him Marcus Stein, about whether you have to be proficient in a relevant language to hold really deep and insightful views about a region, culture or civilization, or whether, to put it … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House
Tagged china, culture, islamophobia, language, opinion poll, rise of the rest, Russia Resources, russophobia, sinophobia, western hypocrisy, western media
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