Person of the Year?
This cartoon comes from the artist Jim Morin, which I found over at Slate.com.
Month: December 2007
The Attack on Russia’s Last Institution
What started as a small rumor voiced in German press has finally hit the front pages of a major Western outlet: the Guardian is reporting on the corruption allegations that Vladimir Putin has amassed a $40 billion fortune. This article is an earth...
RA Blog Person of the Year: The Russian Journalist
Inasmuch as TIME is allowed to anoint their own Person of the Year, I thought that this blog would do so as well, for what it’s worth. So without further ado, the 2007 RA Blog Person of the Year is…. The Russian Journalist. These intre...
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Dec. 21, 2007
Today: Putin’s $40 billion fortune; Medvedev’s political character; Zubkov lays plans for successor; Russian government gives way on Royal Academy paintings. It is being reported that “an unprecedented battle is taking place inside the Kremlin in ...
WSJ: The Leningrad Enigma
There’s a long cover story on Vladimir Putin’s democratic credentials running in the Wall Street Journal today, even including this great photo with the 1980s haircut. Ever since the TIME selection, every newspaper and magazine out the...
Grigory Pasko: Journalist Andrey Novikov to Request Political Asylum
Independent journalist from Russia Andrey Novikov intends to ask for political asylum By Grigory Pasko, journalist Andrei Novikov, independent journalist, was detained on 5 December 2006 in the city of Rybinsk of Yaroslavl Oblast. Officially, the ...
“For Better or Worse,” TIME Gets it Right with Putin
After some thought, and more than a few conversations with colleagues who expected me to be outraged or scandalized, I continue to unreservedly believe that TIME Magazine’s selection of Vladimir Putin as person of the year is truly a great thing. ...
Grigory Pasko: Interview with Oleg Kozlovsky
[please see yesterday’s post featuring a by-lined article by Oleg Kozlovsky of Oborona.] The power isn’t prepared for mass repressions. For now… an interview with the leader of the opposition movement «Oborona», Oleg Kozlovsky By Grigory Pas...
We Three Kings – Russia Snags Major Central Asian Pipeline Deal
Christmas has come early for the resource nationalists, as the Kazakbashi, the Turkmenbashi, and the Rusbashi have announced the signing of a critical agreement to build a natural gas pipeline along the Caspian coast, ending months of flirtation w...
A Slight Case of Stage Fright
From Reuters: “I don’t feel fear, but I do feel nervousness, because I will have to justify the faith of an enormous number of people who are counting on me to carry out what is, for this country, a tough job,” he told reporters ...
