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RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – September 15, 2009
TODAY: Medvedev defends the right to be critical; suggests US responsible for crisis. Washington concerns about arms deal with Venezuela. Poland bombarded by Georgian refugees; Russian-German diplomat problems. Spiraling yet unenergeti...
Tolerance, Post-Apocalypse, and Lenin’s Head in Buryatia
Over on trueslant.com, Joshua Kucera has an interesting travelogue-type report about a visit to Ulan-Ude in Buryatia, Russia, where he finds racial tolerance much greater than expected, but some strange social trends. He also finds one of Ru...
The Unrequited Eastern Partnership with Georgia
The French think tank IFRI has published a 22-page report on the Eastern Partnership initiative (EaP) and Georgia which finds that significant problems and obstacles exist for the establishment of a successful neighborhood policy. We still t...
Viktor Yushchenko Winding Down
Things are looking pretty bad for the Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. Following Dmitry Medvedev’s direct attack on his candidacy, Russia has successfully made itself indispensable in this election … it seems they have lear...
A Life in the Day of Mikhail Khodorkovsky
In the Sunday Times of London, Mark Franchetti interviews Mikhail Khodorkovsky on his conditions in prison, the absurd second trial, and how he fills the endless days. The campaign against me was organised by the Kremlin. The first case, which got...
The Retreat of Russian Language
The New York Times has an interesting piece, complete with map, about Russia’s shrinking linguistic empire, as various former Soviet states make moves to restore native languages within officialdom. This kind of linguistic nationalism ...
RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – September 14, 2009
TODAY: Putin looming over Presidency – 2012 return?; Chavez to have missiles and $2 billion credit line; Senator refused visa to Canada. Crackdown on alcohol begins with big bottles; human rights group faces shutdown on disputed grounds. T...
Hugo Chávez’s Pattern Recognition
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is known for his erratic behavior, but his latest move to extend official recognition to Georgia’s separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia during his visit to Moscow is a bit of a head-scratcher.&nbs...
The Putin Century
Many have feared this for some time, but now it’s official – Vladimir Putin plans on continuing to be in power for a very, very long time. What’s funny is that it’s probably not even by choice or preference, but a fun...
