Fragments of a blog
Fragments of a blog
Edward Snowden is reportedly waiting for his flight in Sheremetyevo-2, one of Moscow’s three international airports. Flight to – where exactly? Quito, Havana, Caracas? Last time I’ve heard about this on the radio he was reported talking to an Ecuadoran…
Russian economist flees in new sign of pressure on Putin critics. Not just some economist but the head of New Economic School, probably the only graduate program in economics in Russia that can compete with the best in the US,…
Russian cult film director Alexei Balabanov dies, says a BBC headline. I’m not sure if “cult” is appropriate here because it conjures up the idea of a dedicated but largely non-mainstream following. But Balabanov’s Brother movies were probably as mainstream…
”Death to (the) Kremlin occupiers,” goes the white-on-black slogan. A small but fearless group of Russian protesters managed to carry it down Russia’s main street on 9 May 2013, while there was a military show nearby on Red Square. More…
Most certainly not. Prof. Shleifer could just pick up his phone and call Lawrence Summers to pass on any important info on Russia. But Putin claimed that Anatoly Chubais, when in charge of privatization in the 1990s, had two CIA officers…
It’s a complete disgrace, this so-called Duma election today. No one to vote for, anyway. The day began with massive DDOS attacks on LiveJournal.com, newtimes.ru, bg.ru and a few other sites, including one documenting electoral irregularities. Back when I started…