Izvestiya runs a piece by political scientist Avigdor Eskin on historical revisionism in Eastern Europe (especially in the Baltic countries and Ukraine) pertaining to World War II. Dark Clouds of Revanchism For more than 20 years, Nazi revanchism in Eastern Europe has been allowed to roam freely in the post-Soviet space. Immediately after the break-up […]
Translation: Dark Clouds of Revanchism
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was written by Nils van der Vegte for Russian Spectrum on May 25, 2013 .2 Comments
The Stupid Witchhunt Against Levada
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on May 21, 2013 .5 Comments
I think the real situation is somewhere in between the Kremlin’s position and Mark Adomanis’ and the rest of the Western and Russian liberal media’s alarmism. So as far as this is concerned, I really do think Gudkov is exaggerating, not to even speak of the inevitable and hysterical comparisons to Stalinism cropping up in some quarters. So what if Levada registers […]
Translation: Latvia Allows Double Citizenship… Except for Russians
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Russian Spectrum on May 20, 2013 .1 Comment
The Latvian President has signed a law allowing Latvians to have double citizenship with other countries… except Russia. Moscow cries foul and calls on the EU to take action. Maria Efimova has the story. Latvia Signs a Citizenship Law Latvian President Andris Bērziņš signed the law “On Citizenship,” adopted by the Sejm on 9 May. This […]
Should I Give Up Already?
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile, The AK on May 9, 2013 .8 Comments
From a Freedom House publication:
The Russian Imperialist Genocide In Chechnya
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on April 20, 2013 .42 Comments
Hard as it is to believe, but in the wake of the Boston Bombings, many Western commentators actively trying to find the roots of the Tsarnaev brothers’ rage in Russia’s “aggression” or even “genocide” of Chechnya. This is not to deny that Chechens did not have an exceptionally hard time of it in the 1990s. That said, […]
The Anti-Magnitsky List
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on April 15, 2013 .5 Comments
Here is the list of US citizens publicly barred from Russia in response to the US Magnitsky List. Are you familiar with any of them? Individuals alleged to be involved in the use and legalization of torture and indefinite confinement of prisoners – the “Guantanamo list”: 1. David Spears Addington – Chief of Staff of […]
What I Learned From Freedom House…
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile, US-Russia.org Expert Discussion Panel on March 5, 2013 .4 Comments
My latest for the US-Russia Experts Panel and VoR. In this latest Panel, Vlad Sobell asks us supposed Russia “experts” whether Freedom House’s “alarmist stance” towards Russia is justified. Well, what do YOU think? I don’t think you need to be an expert to answer this; it’s an elementary issue of common sense and face […]
I Don’t Care About Bradley Manning
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for AK's Blog on February 28, 2013 .8 Comments
No matter how you look at it, he is a traitor. He violated the UCMJ. Although he is free to make ethical arguments as to why he leaked Collateral Murder and the US Embassy cables, the US is fully within its rights to prosecute him. I’m quite consistent about this: Treason is a punishable offense, no matter […]
The Decline Of Russian Skinheads
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on February 19, 2013 .25 Comments
It’s not just the gopniks who are withering away; so are racist skinheads. According to the SOVA Center – an NGO which is about as anti-Kremlin as it gets, so no point in speculating that it cooks the figures for PR purposes – racist attacks in Russia have plummeted from their peak levels in 2007-2008, back […]
My Article For Komsomolskaya Pravda On Press Freedoms In Russia And The West
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile, The AK on February 5, 2013 .4 Comments
Here it is in Russian: Вверх-вниз по рейтингу свободы. This translation here is of a longer version at my Russian language blog. A version of it also appears on Voice of Russia: Press freedom – on both sides of the Information Curtain. Thanks to Alexei Pankin (who is a regular at Komsomolskaya) for making it happen – and […]
Translation: Up And Down The Freedom Rating
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Russian Spectrum, The AK on February 5, 2013 .No Comments
In a comment for popular Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, Anatoly Karlin compares media freedoms – or the lack thereof – in Russia and the “free” West. There is a longer version of this article at Da Russophile. Recently the French human rights organization Reporters Without Borders unveiled new press freedom ratings, which showed Russia sinking to […]
Translation: Sergey Magnitsky: Act Two
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Russian Spectrum on February 1, 2013 .No Comments
Maxim Kononenko, the gadfly of Runet, on how the hunters may become the hunted in the Magnitsky saga. The representatives of the founder of Hermitage Capital, William Browder, have informed the High Court of London that their client sees no reason to respond to respond to the lawsuit against him by Major Pavel Karpov, the […]
