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Kagarlitsky: Russia - the View from the West
Commentary, October, 21 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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There are times when the image of Russia in the Western press calls to mind the consciousness of a schizophrenic. On the one hand, we are told that everything is fine; on the other, that everything is catastrophic. Periods of euphoria alternate wi...
Kagarlitsky: Chechnya: Between War and Peace
Commentary, October, 03 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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It is paradoxical that every time the pace of military engagements increases in the mountains of Chechnya, plans are revived in Moscow for the peaceful regulation of the conflict. Chechnya is like an unhealed wound. So long as it is not too painfu...
Kagarlitsky: German Luck
Znet Article, September, 28 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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It looks as though everyone lost. Or almost everyone. The German elections have come and...
Kagarlitsky: Looking At American Problems From Russia: Enron, Worldcom, And Now All The Rest?
Commentary, September, 18 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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No-one is surprised any more to hear bad news from the US, at any rate where the economy is concerned. Nevertheless, the failure of WorldCom has been something out of the ordinary. It is not just the scale of the bankruptcy. Six months ago the cra...
Kagarlitsky: The Great Friendship
Commentary, August, 27 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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After a period of cooling in their relations, Russia and the US are experiencing an acute bout of mutual sympathy. This seems a little strange against the background of the nationalist declarations uttered by President Putin during the first month...
Kagarlitsky: Russia in Search of an Opposition: the Dilemma of Zyuganov
Commentary, July, 09 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Marching through the streets and squares of Russia in ritual May Day demonstrations, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) is again becoming part of everyday life. Losing its hold over the committees in the State Duma, the party was...
Kagarlitsky: The Second Boot Effect
Commentary, May, 21 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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There is a classic joke in which an old man is woken up every night by two dull thuds on the wall. This is the sound of his neighbour, a worker on the late shift, throwing off his boots after returning home. One day, coming upon his neighbour in t...
Kagarlitsky: Russian Riot Helps Enlighten the Leadership
Commentary, May, 09 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Last week workers set out to defend their rights in two places: Italy, and the city of Voronezh in central European Russia. In their significance for Russia, the disorders in Voronezh were comparable to the impact the general strike had on Italy.
Kagarlitsky: A French Lesson
Znet Article, April, 30 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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No-one was particularly excited about the presidential elections in France. The differences between the leading candidates were so minuscule that the victory of one or the other could have significance only for the candidate himself and for people...
Kagarlitsky: A Different World, But Which One?
Commentary, April, 23 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The World Social Forum in Porto Alegre arose as an alternative to the World Economic Forum in Davos. If Davos had become a symbol of the free market and of corporate globalisation, Porto Alegre was designed to become both a show of resistance to D...
Kagarlitsky: Roots of Anti-Americanism
Znet Article, April, 10 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Roots of Anti-Americanism
Kagarlitsky: Hercules Cleaned Out
Znet Article, March, 24 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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On March 11th the Russian Duma approved the resignation of Central Bank chief Viktor Gerashchenko. This act doesn't only mark the departure of one of the few larger-than-life characters remaining in Russian politics and a man who has played a -- i...
Kagarlitsky: Argentinians are Taking to the Streets, While Russians are Flocking to their Television Sets
Commentary, January, 28 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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MOSCOW - There is a saying that the way you see in the New Year is the way you're going to spend it. Whether this is true or not, the events occurring in Argentina ought to serve as a serious warning for ruling groups and financial elites through...
Kagarlitsky: Euro-Ambitions
Commentary, January, 07 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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In Russia no one trusts banks or the rouble, and as a result, people usually conceal envelopes stuffed with hundred-dollar bills on shelves between books or in wardrobes between sheets.
Kagarlitsky: The Riddle Of Putin
Commentary, December, 23 2001
Boris Kagarlitsky
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MOSCOW - There is evidently some kind of natural law at work: if the business press and the leaders of the financial world name some country or other as a success story, then this is precisely the country where you can expect things to go badly wr...
Kagarlitsky: Facing WTO Life Sentence
Commentary, October, 28 2001
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The attacks in New York and Washington have provided the impetus for a new round of rapprochement between the United States and Russia. After several years of cool relations and confrontational rhetoric, the Russian government is demonstrating a w...
Kagarlitsky: The Russian Left Today
Commentary, July, 07 2001
Boris Kagarlitsky
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To judge from opinion surveys, newspaper reports and simply from conversations on the street, Russian society is moving leftward. To judge from the statements of politicians and the relationship of forces within the elite, however, the country is ...
Kagarlitsky: Globalization and Russia
Commentary, March, 12 2001
Boris Kagarlitsky
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As often happens with such terms, the word ÒglobalisationÓ has become popular in our country (Russia) only belatedly. To be exact, it has become popular among us at the very moment when people around the world have ceased talking about the rise of...
