Back in the days when I was studying the lost science of Sovietology, every year the Soviet newspapers would boast of record harvests that had overfulfilled the plan, while the reality was much grimmer. Even if the numbers weren’t doctored, ...
In commemoration (or perhaps, in mourning) of this weekend’s anniversary of the Russian constitution, we offer an exclusive translation from human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov from RuleofLaw.ru. Don’t Read this Book By Stanislav Ma...
There are few books that so reflect an author’s mastery of a subject as much as the latest contribution from Jonathan Simon, the Associate Dean of Jurisprudence and Social Policy at the University of California Berkeley. Simon’s ...
From the Associated Press: Former chess champion Garry Kasparov and other prominent liberals launched a new anti-Kremlin movement in Russia on Saturday. The organization, called Solidarity after the victorious Polish anti-communist movement, aims ...
“Newspeak” in Russian is “novoyaz.” This handy glossary of politically correct journalistic vocabulary in times of crisis comes to us courtesy of the “Open Electronic Newspaper” Forum.msk.ru, whose slogan is ...
I am not ashamed that the president of my country – is the smallest president in the world – barely 160 cm [5’3”] tall. Not by height is the greatness of a person determined. I was, of course, ashamed for those journalists ...
It used to be all about not saying the C-word, but now, you can get in big trouble if you dare to utter the R-word. This one comes from Reuters: Russia’s chief macroeconomic planner ran into trouble with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Frid...
A conference on the theme “Ecology and politics” took place at the end of November of this year in the Institute named after N.Vavilov in Mosco. There weren’t many speakers: chairman of the committee for ecology of the Public Cha...
The Associated Press press reports that trials by jury are on the way out in Russia, which is obviously very bad for rule of law. The lower house of Russia’s parliament approved a bill Friday that would end jury trials on charges of terroris...
Sparking several reports speculating that Russia will join OPEC, President Dmitry Medvedev has signaled a possible reversal of the Kremlin’s oil independence, suggesting that Russia could cut oil output and join ‘current organizations ...
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