Tag Belkovsky

Is necrosis contagious?

Alexander Lukashenko flew to Sochi yesterday to beg Vladimir Putin for help. He was promised a loan of $1.5 billion. Here are two clippings from Radio Liberty’s yesterday’s broadcast, in my translation from Russian. Anatoly Lebed’ko, a Belarusian politician: Lukashenko…

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…