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Far More People Protested FOR Putin Than Against, But You Wouldn’t Know It From The Western Media

Posted on February 5, 2012 by AK

The above photo, part of a photo report by Ridus, shows the Anti-Orange protest at Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow on February 4th. Does that look like 35,000 people to you, let alone 20,000 or 15,000?Because those were the most commonly cited figures … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Journalism Security Index (JSI)

Posted on January 30, 2012 by AK

The Press Freedom Index issues by Reporters Without Borders is a good starting point for assessing journalistic freedoms in global comparative perspective. However, much like all attempts to measure democracy or Transparency International’s assessment of corruption perception, their methodology relies on tallying … Continue reading →

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United Russia Steals Votes, And The WSJ Steals Others’ Work

Posted on December 30, 2011 by AK

On December 28th, the WSJ published an article on “Russia’s Dubious Election” by Gregory White and Rob Barry (it’s behind a paywall, but you can read it here). In it they described the most famous argument for the 15% Club (i.e., … Continue reading →

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Kremlin Oligarch Brutally Censors Long-Suffering Russian Media (From Printing Gratuitous Profanities)

Posted on December 15, 2011 by AK

Imagine a respected American financial newspaper such as the WSJ writes an article investigating elections fraud in favor of the Democrats. To illustrate the rightness of their point, they include a photo of a ballot for the Republicans that – … Continue reading →

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A Quick Note On Russia’s Duma Elections 2011

Posted on December 3, 2011 by AK

On reading Western commentary on the upcoming Russian Duma elections, I realized that they can’t decide between two narratives: either the popularity of United Russia is sinking faster than Herman Cain’s following his sex abuse scandals, thus meaning that it … Continue reading →

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Putin The Peaceful?

Posted on November 15, 2011 by AK

At least, surely more so than Obama, winner of 2009′s Nobel Peace Prize. Let’s do it by the numbers. Russia under Putin fought one war, in response to Georgian aggression against Ossetians with Russian citizenship and UN-mandated Russian peacekeepers. In contrast, … Continue reading →

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Mark Sleboda Appears On Eurasian TV

Posted on October 14, 2011 by AK

You may remember Mark Sleboda from this article in which he talked about the inherent ridiculousness of Western countries like the US and Britain criticizing Russia when they happily engage in the same abuses. He now has his own segment at … Continue reading →

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Time To Shove Off! And What Then?…

Posted on October 2, 2011 by AK

If I had a cent for every Russia story from the past week that featured the (conclusively debunked) “sixth wave of emigration” meme… And if wishes were fishes. Still, the coverage of Russian reactions to Putin’s return does demonstrate the … Continue reading →

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The Russophobes Were Right… (About The Wrong Country)

Posted on September 17, 2011 by AK

After peaking in 2007 at the height of its oil boom, the Russian economy slid off the rails, with GDP collapsing by 25% from peak to trough. Attempts to stem the decline by arresting pessimistic economists failed. Its image as … Continue reading →

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REPRINT: Bourgeois UK Police State Cracks Down On Freedom Protesters

Posted on August 14, 2011 by AK

The British like to interfere in other countries’ sovereign affairs, usually on the pretext of “human rights abuses” or somesuch made up nonsense that they then use to pressure them or outright bomb and attack them with the rest of … Continue reading →

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