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David Remnick: Echo in the Dark
A radio station in Moscow strives to keep the airwaves free.
2008-10-28 to media, politics, russia by soobrosa
David Remnick: Boundary Issues
But Putin also knows that Russia cannot bear the cost of reconstituting empire or the gulag. It depends on the West as a market.
2008-09-07 to bestof, politics, putin, russia by soobrosa
Yasha Levine: Blogger Gorshkov Will Dish Dirt on Russian Politicians — for a Price
Sergey Gorshkov says he's in it for the money, not the politics.
2008-08-04 to bestof, blog, gossip, media, politics, russia by soobrosa
Illiberal capitalism: Russia and China chart their own course
Even though it swiftly became fashionable to dismiss Mr Fukuyama, a variant of his thesis has powerfully influenced US foreign policy ever since.
2008-01-10 to bestof, china, politics, russia by metatron
Is Russia Democratic?
Not since the run-up to war with Iraq has Western media coverage of a country been so completely and unreasonably one-sided.
2007-12-06 to bestof, media, politics, russia by bagoly
A massive wrench thrown in Putin's works
These have been manic weeks in Ashgabat. The melodrama is acute. But then the inscrutable space between victory and the chimera of victory has always been very narrow in Central Asia.
2007-10-02 to asia, business, energy, politics, russia by bagoly
David Remnick: The Tsar’s Opponent
Garry Kasparov takes aim at the power of Vladimir Putin.
2007-09-30 to bestof, politics, powerplay, russia by soobrosa
Victor Yasmann: Russia - Siloviki Take The Reins In Post-Oligarchy Era
The hubbub surrounding Russia's upcoming Duma elections in December and the March 2008 presidential election swung into high gear this month, the key question is how will the status quo, the existing arrangement of political forces, be maintained.
2007-09-26 to politics, powerplay, russia by soobrosa
Michael Specter: Planet Kirsan
Inside a chess master’s fiefdom.
2007-08-23 to chess, politics, russia, surreal by soobrosa
Putin's bare-chested photos set Russia abuzz
The 54-year-old Russian leader, who is married with two daughters, has long cultivated an image of machismo and manliness. Well-known as a downhill skier and black belt in judo, Putin has appeared on national television driving a truck, operating a train,
2007-08-23 to politics, russia, society by bagoly

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