Комментарии к Законопроекту “О Кибердружинах в Российской Федерации”

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Меня пригласили 4 марта в Общественную Палату на нулевое чтение федерального закона о кибердружинах. Мои комментарии к этому закону с точки зрения блогера и публициста: Основная масса моего материала выходит в американском журнале The Unz Review. Я пишу на многие темы, в том числе и о России. Пишу, в основном, с положительной точки зрения – […]

Руководство по Избежанию 282

This , about Politics, tagged , , , , , , , was written by for on October 15, 2017 .1 Comment

Евразийская Федерация, 2049. Русского националиста Дмитрия Боброва недавно осудили на 2 года строгого режима за использование экстремистского термина “великий русский народ” и оскорбление чувств социальной группы “всех, кто не белые”. Нет, я даже не преувеличиваю, пойдите почитайте сами! В связи с этой кафкаевщиной, в последнем эпизоде РОГПР мы обсудили как можно лучше избежать колеса взбесившегося россиянского […]

Crimea Info

This about Geopolitics, tagged , , , , , was written by for on March 1, 2014 .No Comments

Reprinted from Facebook (2018/02/15): It’s very uncharacteristic of the Kremlin to blatantly violate international law (they typically make sure to follow its letter). So what explains the increasingly unequivocal signs of Russian military involvement in Crimea? The fact of the matter is that Russia has a legal right to military transit across Crimea SO LONG AS it […]

Serdyukov is Charged

This about Society, tagged , , , was written by for on November 29, 2013 .4 Comments

Here is the discussion at this on The Russia Debate. My friend and DR commentator Alexander Mercouris correctly predicted this outcome – that Serdyukov would be charged, but that it is a complex case that will take a long time and likely avoid more the more serious allegations in favor of those that can be […]

An Examination of Navalny’s Trial and Conviction

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The Western narrative on the Navalny case is that it was a selective and political prosecution on trumped up charges. I think that to a significant (but NOT full) extent that this interpretation is basically correct. So given the paucity of convincing counter-narratives, I was extremely pleased to see that Alexander Mercouris, a British lawyer who […]

The Navalny Verdict

This about Society, tagged , , was written by for on July 17, 2013 .11 Comments

Livestream in Russian, English. He’s been found guilty, as expected. The main question is what the sentence will be: Suspended, or a real term. Here is my prediction (which on developments so far might well turn out to be awfully wrong). Discuss. UPDATE: Even if he is found guilty and sentenced, he still has the choice […]

A Brief Intro To The Navalny Case

This about Society, tagged , , , was written by for on April 15, 2013 .39 Comments

The anti-corruption crusader and best hope of the Russian race Navalny will be on trial for embezzlement on April 17th. And it has to be admitted that even many of us who tend to look at the liberal opposition’s claims of repression with a healthy degree of skepticism are now “plagued by vague suspicions.” It’s […]

The Anti-Magnitsky List

This about Politics, tagged , , , was written by for 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 […]

Mark Feygin Treating Pussies Badly

This about Society, tagged , , , was written by for on April 12, 2013 .26 Comments

Everybody in the Western media seems to have forgotten Pussy Riot. Well, not forgotten, they still wheel them out every so often as symbols of the repressiveness of the Putin regime – but news of actual developments in the affair have come to a standstill. Which is a pity, because they undermine the commonly accepted […]

Translation: Vladimir Kolokoltsev – “The Death Penalty is Society’s Normal Reaction”

This about Society, tagged , , was written by for on February 12, 2013 .No Comments

In an interview with Dmitry Nadezhdin, Russia’s chief police officer says that he, as a citizen – if not as a government Minister – supports the return of the death penalty for the worst crimes. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov says that it ain’t happening. Vladimir Kolokoltsev: “The Death Penalty is Society’s Normal Reaction” The Interior […]

My Piece On Pussy Riot At Al Jazeera

This , about Society, tagged , , , , , was written by for , on August 23, 2012 .54 Comments

A PR disaster: Five views on Pussy Riot’s war. Go, read. Comment there if possible. Just a couple more notes: Since I submitted the article, commentator peter made one of the most convincing arguments against the validity of the sentence against Pussy Riot. I suppose this will be raised in PR’s appeal. Just to clarify, […]

The Death Penalty: It’s Conditional

This about Society, tagged , , was written by for on August 12, 2012 .9 Comments

User Jennifer Hor writes: Last time I looked at the financial cost of capital punishment in the US was several years ago and already in the late 1990s – early 2000s, the cost of executing someone was US$8 million in Florida… There are costs involved like the various appeals processes which take up people’s time and […]