Митинг в Москве: Лечение хуже Болезни

This about Politics, tagged , , , , , was written by for , on March 27, 2017 .1 Comment

Вчера я был на митинге Навального в Москве. Мне, конечно, не нравится, что Медведев (и вообще вся российская элита в целом) наживается на деньгах русских налогоплательщиков. Но проблема в том, что как лечение, навальниада хуже болезни. Во-первых, Навальный элементарно “ненаш,” так как не согласен с #крымнаш. С требованием провести второй референдум, он фактически признает, что для него, […]

The Euromaidan Thread

This about Politics, tagged , , was written by for on January 26, 2014 .16 Comments

Discuss all things Euromaidan here and vote in the poll (tick as many options as you like). My own opinion is “Protests die down as Yanukovych reasserts control,” for reasons that I will expound upon in a forthcoming post. But I have made many of the arguments already on my Twitter feed where I, like […]

I Appear On RT To Discuss Euromaidan

This , about Politics, tagged , , was written by for , on December 3, 2013 .31 Comments

Here it is: From RT: ‘No going back for Yanukovich now’ If the Ukrainian president goes back on the deal with the EU, he’ll disappoint his supporters and he’s obviously not going to regain the support of those who are protesting, author and blogger Anatoly Karlin told RT. RT:President Yanukovich is being accused of betraying […]

The World Russia Forum 2013

This about Media, tagged , , , was written by for , on July 6, 2013 .8 Comments

This June I had the pleasure of once again attending and speaking at the World Russia Forum. The event now happens twice a year, in Washington DC and Moscow, and is intended to draw together Russian and American experts, academics, journalists, and policy-makers in an effort to improve relations between these two nations. An account of […]

Translation: Pressure on the Square

This , about Society, tagged , , , , was written by for on May 25, 2013 .1 Comment

Were the events at Bolotnaya Square, Moscow, on May 6, 2012, the results of a police provocation, or were “opposition” provocateurs, either willingly or unwittingly acting in the interests of foreign powers, responsible? Kommersant’s Grigory Tumanov and Vyacheslav Kozlov try to find out. Pressure on the Square Could it have been calculated beforehand what would […]

Natalia Zubarevich – The Four Russias

This , about Society, tagged , , , , was written by for on September 13, 2012 .14 Comments

Natalia Zubarevich’s concept of “The Four Russias” is one of the most reasoned and perceptive political analysis from the liberals, and as such I think it important enough to translate it (mostly I disagree with its core assumptions and conclusions though I do think it is a useful way of envisioning Russian politics). As such […]

Far More People Protested FOR Putin Than Against, But You Wouldn’t Know It From The Western Media

This about Politics, tagged , , , , was written by for on February 5, 2012 .113 Comments

The above photo, part of a photo report by Ridus, shows the Anti-Orange protest at Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow on February 4th. Does that look like 35,000 people to you, let alone 20,000 or 15,000? Because those were the most commonly cited figures in the Western media, apart from those cases where they ignored them altogether (The […]