Tag Illarionov

No such thing as boundless meekness

Kevin Rothrock tweeted this yesterday: 39 cops have reportedly been injured at rallies across Russia today. Expect that to be the headline news from the state media. Russian libertarians are about to get a taste of the “BLM is all…

From individualism to groupthink

Putin appointed Andrei Illarionov as his senior economic adviser in April 2000. Illarionov remained in that position until late December, 2005. Those were good years for the Russian economy. Simply put, it was growing, and would keep growing until 2007.…

Crimea

Lenta.ru is providing decent coverage of the Crimean crisis as it unfolds. There’s also Ekho Moskvy and grani.ru, all in Russian. For all I know at the moment, the Crimean regional parliament has been seized by unknown men in an…