During the past two years, Russian “dissident” liberals Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov have produced a frankly maniacal quantity of so-called “Independent Expert Reports” (there are now seven of them) that purport to debunk the “persistent myths imposed by official [Kremlin] propaganda”. The authors say that their latest exegesis, melodramatically entitled “Putin. The Results. 10 […]
The Boris Bombshell. Two Years Later. Still a Dud.
This Featured Post about Demographics,
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on June 18, 2010 .12 Comments
Top 50 Russophobe Myths
This Best Post, Featured Post about Politics,
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on July 4, 2009 .40 Comments
This is a list of common Russophobe myths about Russia and its people, and the successor to a March 2008 post on a similar theme. Please be sure to check the supporting notes at the bottom before dismissing this as neo-Soviet propaganda. Also partially available en français & на русском thanks to Alexandre Latsa’s translation. 1 MYTH: Life has […]
Comrade Kasparov – Charlatan or Bolshevik?
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on March 5, 2009 .18 Comments
Debunking Russophobic drivel is somewhat akin to grenade fishing – so damn easy that you almost feel a bit guilty for stooping to such a level and wasting your time. But that’s what makes it really fun. So although Fedia Kriukov, Eugene Ivanov, Eric Kraus and the folks over at Russia: Other Points of View […]
A Gem (or rather, a Ring) from Lucas
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on November 17, 2008 .14 Comments
The demented Russophobe Edward Lucas has surpassed even his own stellar record of profound insights about the evil empire, this time explicitly comparing Russia to Mordor (the land of shadow in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings) from his Yahoo! list. Quoted below in its entirety for laughs. The British author JRR Tolkien always hated […]
