Archive

November 30, 2007

Grigory Pasko: Little Strokes Fell Great Oaks

Little strokes fell great oaks – a case study By Grigory Pasko, journalist For several years now, I’ve had occasion to interact on a regular basis with one mid-level manager at a large Moscow company. Well, actually, I don’t really know what level...
November 30, 2007

Shevtsova: The Uncertainty of Certainty

There’s more great material on Russia in the latest issue of the New Statesman that I can possibly fit in here. In a brief comment piece, Lilia Shevtsova argues that the Putinist authoritarian drift has provoked a number of fundamental parad...
November 30, 2007

Faces of the Opposition: Anastasiya Udaltsova

Below is the next installment of journalist Grigory Pasko’s series of online video interviews with various leaders of the Russian opposition featured on our YouTube channel. Here Grigory interviews Anastasiya Udaltsova, the spokesperson for ...
November 30, 2007

United Russia Pressures Business for Contributions

Campaign finance is almost always an ugly issue even in the most transparent democratic systems in the world, but in the new one-party state of Russia, these fund raising efforts can quickly cross the line to resemble extortion threats. Last week ...
November 30, 2007

Putin’s Spaghetti Western

Sure, you can have your face plastered across the city on billboards, complete domination of the airwaves, and a comprehensive pop culture presence that Coca-Cola and the iPod would be jealous of, but you haven’t truly achieved a real cult o...
November 30, 2007

Sechin Behind Attack on Kudrin and Storchak

The Russia analysts over at Stratfor frequently use hyperbole, are generous with broad, sweeping statements whose logic you could drive a truck through, and are obsessed with the cloak-and-dagger power machinations of certain individuals within th...
November 30, 2007

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov. 30, 2007

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a nationwide TV broadcast in Moscow November 29, 2007. Putin signed a law on Friday suspending Russian participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, the Kremlin said. (REUTERS/RIA-N...
November 29, 2007

The Nashi Threat

Here’s an interesting bit of exclusive news: a trusted colleague of mine has leaked to me copies of a series of worrying placards being printed right now in Moscow by the Nashi for distribution on Sunday following (or during) the successful ...
November 29, 2007

Merkel Takes a Principled Stand on Foreign Policy

Chancellor Angela Merkel is one of the more remarkable leaders in Europe today for her demonstrated willingness to stand by principles in foreign policy. Surrounded by cowardice in the SPD, who lambaste her for having invited the Dalai Lama to Ger...
November 29, 2007

Faces of the Opposition: Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Part I

Below is the first installment of journalist Grigory Pasko’s series of online video interviews with various leaders of the Russian opposition featured on our YouTube channel. Here he speaks with the impressive Lyudmila Alexeyeva, head of the...