Mark Feygin Treating Pussies Badly

This in about Society, and tagged , , , was written by 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 […]

So Apparently Germany Is A Christian Theocracy

This in about Society, and tagged , , , , , was written by on September 28, 2012 . 3 Comments

At least if you take Michael Bohm’s arguments in his latest Moscow Times missive on how Russia Is Turning Into Iran to its logical conclusion. Look, I’m not a fan of blasphemy laws. The First Amendment is a wonderful thing and something that makes the US truly great… even exceptional, to an extent. Although it should […]

My Piece On Pussy Riot At Al Jazeera

This in about Society, and tagged , , , , , , was written by 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, […]