May 8, 2008 By Robert Amsterdam

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

The great thing about blogging is that often readers will send in articles, asking us to post them – which of course makes my job easier. The article below comes from one of our regular who wishes to remain anonymous, and although I don’t necessarily agree with all the arguments (as you can tell from yesterday’s podcast), it is an interesting piece. medved050808.jpgMeet the new boss – same as the old boss Anonymous Contributor Everybody’s talking about how the new Russian president will bring a breath of fresh air with new policies, new emphasis, new this, new that… But will anything really be “new” in Russia? Recent events of a bureaucratic nature would suggest that the only thing new will be the address from which power is wielded. The list is much longer than this, but just a cursory scan of news items from the past few days reveals: