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Kagarlitsky: Russia Inspired Arab Protesters
Commentary, April, 03 2011
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Several weeks ago, Russia celebrated the 150th anniversary of Tsar Alexander II's abolishment of serfdom, and historians are quick to mention that his reforms failed to create a full-fledged civil society.
Kagarlitsky: Gorbachev the Traitor
Commentary, March, 25 2011
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The 80th birthday of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev this month sparked a sudden but understandable surge of nostalgia for perestroika among the liberal intelligentsia.
Kagarlitsky: Global Crisis - A Russian Perspective
Znet Article, January, 12 2011
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Deep-rooted changes have happened in Russia as a result of its embrace of neoliberalism.
Kagarlitsky: The Return of Fascism
Commentary, December, 25 2010
Boris Kagarlitsky
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There was nothing unexpected about the racially motivated rioting and attacks that took place in Moscow and other cities during the past 10 days.
Kagarlitsky: Fursenko Is Education's No. 1 Enemy
Commentary, November, 29 2010
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The Russian educational system has many problems but only one real enemy. It would take hours to list all of the problems but only a moment to name the No. 1 enemy: Education and Science Minister Andrei Fursenko.
Kagarlitsky: Prokhorov’s Shock Modernization
Commentary, November, 13 2010
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The State Duma invented National Unity Day on Nov. 4 to replace the Nov. 7 holiday commemorating the Bolshevik Revolution.
Kagarlitsky: A Census The Golden Horde Would Love
Commentary, October, 28 2010
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Today, when a census taker comes calling at your door, you are having a firsthand encounter with the legacy of the Tatar yoke...
Kagarlitsky: A Burning Wake-Up Call
Commentary, September, 13 2010
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Russian authorities and much of the Russian public have pretended up to now that there were no costs to privatization of forests and that there was no climate crisis. We have to hope this year's fires and heatwave causes a change in policy.
Kagarlitsky: Creating a Nation of Poor, Sick and Ignorant
Commentary, June, 18 2010
Boris Kagarlitsky
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A new bill has been passed in Russia that will extensively roll back Government funding of education, the arts and social services - by introducing per capita financing - that will punish smaller towns and downgrade quality in the larger ones.
Kagarlitsky: Lenin’s Loss Is Stalin’s Gain
Commentary, May, 02 2010
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Several years ago, I taught political science at a technical college. Why future engineers were required to study political science is anybody’s guess, but perhaps it replaced the mandatory Soviet-era course on the history of the Communist Party.
Kagarlitsky: The Class War on Leninsky Prospekt
Commentary, April, 09 2010
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Protests sparked by last month's fatal car accident in Moscow reveal the depth and scale of the anti-corporate mood in today's Russia.
Kagarlitsky: Russia's Failure in the Olympic Games
Commentary, March, 28 2010
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The authorities are looking for scapegoats for failure of the Russian team at the Olympics, but what is going on in sports is only an example of what is going on in other spheres of life - neoliberalism yields the same results no matter where it i...
Kagarlitsky: The New Opiate of the Masses
Commentary, March, 13 2010
Boris Kagarlitsky
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If the new law recently passed by the State Duma goes into force, it will deliver a big blow to the Russian culture, education and public health.
Kagarlitsky: Putin and Europe on the same crisis page
Znet Article, March, 12 2010
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The current wave of strikes across Europe are only a prelude to what will come, as the ruling elite are not prepared to change their anti-crisis policies that have merely supported the corporations that caused the crisis.
Kagarlitsky: "Freedom" – what a pleasant word!
Commentary, February, 08 2010
Boris Kagarlitsky
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If freedom is defined by a state’s non-participation in economic processes, as the Heritage Foundation suggests, then Haiti today would win first prize, as after the earthquake, it has no government at all.
Kagarlitsky: Default in Europe
Commentary, December, 29 2009
Boris Kagarlitsky
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When the Arab emirate Dubai was on the verge of bankruptcy, the international financial speculators became worried. The rating agencies simultaneously came to correct their assessments. The bankers started to check if their debtors were solvent. A...
Kagarlitsky: A Flu for All Seasons
Commentary, November, 23 2009
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Swine flu is quite handy to politicians, who can use it to postpone elections, or justify a state of emergency, if needed.
Kagarlitsky: The AvtoVAZ fairy tale
Commentary, October, 28 2009
Boris Kagarlitsky
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For those who believe that privatisation automatically increases efficiency, just take a look at today’s AvtoVAZ, once considered a flagship of Soviet industry.
Kagarlitsky: Personnel Shortage
Commentary, September, 07 2009
Boris Kagarlitsky
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While the world leaders are slightly optimistic about the economic recovery in the Western countries, Eastern Europe prepares for the next wave of the crisis.
Kagarlitsky: Confessions of Cassandra
Commentary, July, 24 2009
Boris Kagarlitsky
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A hero of one American movie often exclaimed how he was tired of turning out right constantly. I can’t even retell the plot of that movie, but I remember the key-note: the hero predicted some kind of troubles, but he fated never to be believed, ...
