Tag Yulia Latynina

As good a theory as any

Whether Putin has Asperger’s or not, as a dilettante, I would think my opinion is as bad as any other’s. I shall merely parrot the views of Stanislav Belkovsky and Yulia Latynina: Putin craves Respect. Like any street thug or mafia don, he will…

Zwei Rand

I’ve quoted the Russian journalist and fiction author Yulia Latynina a few times on this blog: I do not share all her views and biases but enjoy some of her commentary. But I only found out last week, via the inimitable Lurkmore,…

Holy Seb!

Extracts from Yulia Latynina’s latest radio interview on Ekho Moskvy. Without endorsing her views in general, I more or less agree with this: First, I have to tell you that… I’m in the Netherlands, in Maastricht, at a congress… talking…

Flags and maniacs

To begin with, a video of Russian activists hanging a Ukrainian flag from the Bolshoy Kamenny bridge near the Kremlin and getting detained by cops. This very Sunday morning. On to Yulia Latynina on Ekho Moskvy: The “tower desecration” case.…

The Black and Tans of Donbass

I believe the separatists in Eastern Ukraine are getting their orders from Russia, but the crowds seizing buildings in Donetsk look different from the “polite people” a.k.a. “little green men” of Crimea. Yulia Latynina, the controversial, libertarian-leaning Ekho Moskvy commentator, suggests…