Anti-corruption efforts have been significantly stepped up in recent months, both in terms of headline making events (e.g. the dismissal of Serdyukov) and the less heralded progress in the introductio… more →
Da Russophilewrote 1 month ago: Anti-corruption efforts have been significantly stepped up in recent months, both in terms of headli … more →
wrote 2 months ago: If you ever manage to get a troupe as diverse as Latynina, Mark Adomanis, the Cypriot Communist Part … more →
wrote 2 months ago: My latest for the US-Russia Experts Panel and VoR. In this latest Panel, Vlad Sobell asks us suppose … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Here it is in Russian: Вверх-вниз по рейтингу свободы. This translation here is of a longer version … more →
wrote 3 months ago: One of the standard memes about Russia’s demographic trajectory was the “Russian Cross. … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I had great fun observing the fallout over Depardieu’s “defection” to Russia. The … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Here is the article, by Nick Cohen. And below are the two comments (one by myself) that were censore … more →
wrote 4 months ago: I really did think it was getting better there under Joshu Yaffa, certainly it’s not typical o … more →
wrote 4 months ago: 1. For Russian orphans life is much more dangerous in Russia than in America. Let’s agree to d … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Keeping up with the Guardian’s stream of textual diarrhea in its Russia coverage is a quixotic … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Believe it or not but some people call me a Russophobe. Even more shockingly, perhaps, I plead guilt … more →
wrote 7 months ago: My latest contribution to the US-Russia.org Expert Discussion Panel this one focusing on whether the … more →
wrote 7 months ago: In one of his regular columns for mafia state news agency RIA Novosti he wrote (h/t Mercouris): Vale … more →
wrote 7 months ago: This post is a continuation of the last, and can otherwise be called “Konstantin von Eggert: A … more →
wrote 7 months ago: At least if you take Michael Bohm’s arguments in his latest Moscow Times missive on how Russia … more →
wrote 8 months ago: This guy isn’t as clear-headed as Eric Kraus, is he? But does have company in the form of Andr … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Two months ago I wrote an article in which I used data and statistics to show that Russian journalis … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Just when I thought the paper of Luke “I Plagiarize Off The eXile” Harding and Miriam … more →
wrote 11 months ago: I really can’t figure what this Economist editorial reeks more of: Hypocrisy, mendacity, or pu … more →