La Russophobe on the Kasparov Office Raid, Michael Averko (via Sean Guillory) on the disputed territories, David McDuff on the Trepashkin letters, Craig Pirrong on the Shell-Sakhalin-Gazprom debacle, Baku News on a big oil shipment through Turkey, Mound of Sound on the democratic decay of Russia, Once Upon a Time in the West on the pro-Kremlin Youth Groups, and everyone and their mother commenting on the Stephen Cohen piece in the Nation.