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Kagarlitsky: The illusion of stabilization
Commentary, May, 31 2009
Boris Kagarlitsky
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There has been a distinct deficit of good news lately. News influences financial markets, and that is why leaders try to organize, distribute and manipulate the news in such a way as to convert today's headlines into tomorrow's quick profits.
Kagarlitsky: The Leviathan has gone berserk
Commentary, May, 19 2009
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The case of police Major Denis Yevsyukov shooting at people in a supermarket draws attention to the level of state violence in Russia.
Kagarlitsky: Russian Police
Video, May, 05 2009
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Many Russians do not trust the police as they consider servicemen a part of the criminal world, rather than enforcers of the law, says sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky.
Kagarlitsky: What are the bureaucrats afraid of?
Commentary, May, 03 2009
Boris Kagarlitsky
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When looking round the Russian city of Izhevsk a participant in the last week Ural Social Forum said: "Now I came to realize why the Kalashnikov assault rifle had been invented here".
Kagarlitsky: The Unknown War
Commentary, April, 18 2009
Boris Kagarlitsky
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While economists debate whether the economic crisis has bottomed out yet and celebrities throw gaudy evening bashes and ordinary citizens count their shrinking incomes, there is a quiet but grim war taking place on the streets. Bands of fascists a...
Kagarlitsky: A Credibility Crisis
Commentary, March, 24 2009
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The Russian government has developed a new anti-crisis plan. Although nobody has seen it yet, we can be 100 percent certain that it is a good one and that it will enable Russia to fulfill its strategy for development through 2020, offer solutions ...
Kagarlitsky: Devaluation Race
Commentary, February, 18 2009
Boris Kagarlitsky
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I must confess the term used by me in the title of the article is not mine. It is young economist Vasily Koltashov who invented it. But we work together at the same Institute and have similar ideas.
Kagarlitsky: Victims of the Crisis
Commentary, November, 20 2008
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Today the list of victims of the economic crisis in Russia is not long but is extremely revealing. It starts with “Moskovsky Korrespondent” weekly that appeared at the end of September and was closed in October.
Kagarlitsky: There will be no war
Commentary, November, 11 2008
Boris Kagarlitsky
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It looks like there will be no war between Russia and Ukraine. It is clear that this fact will upset many in Moscow and Kyiv, but, unfortunately, there is a need to face realities. The efforts made by militarism heralds, admirers of Ukrainian hetm...
Kagarlitsky: Blind Faith of Free-Market Cheerleaders
Commentary, October, 22 2008
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The only good news about the current economic crisis is that the global economy will collapse long before humanity has time to destroy the planet's ecology, writes Boris Kagarlitsky.
Kagarlitsky: Prepare for a bumpy ride
Commentary, October, 10 2008
Boris Kagarlitsky
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When some analysts began discussing an upcoming drop in real estate prices last spring, most economists reacted with open contempt. "How can you speak of a drop when prices are climbing daily?" they asked. In the past six weeks, however, circumsta...
Kagarlitsky: US & Russia: Limits of a Superpower
Commentary, August, 30 2008
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Internationally the war is a big blow for the US, at least in Central Europe and the Caucasus. It has suddenly shown that the influence and control of the sole superpower is limited. There are situations when the superpower cannot protect its clie...
Kagarlitsky: Russia's Upside in the Georgia Conflict
Commentary, August, 27 2008
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Fortunately, the Russia-Georgia war was short-lived, but its repercussions will be felt for longer. By defeating Georgia and showing that Washington was unable to defend its own ally, Russia humiliated the United States in front of the whole world.
Kagarlitsky: Georgia & Russia
Audio, August, 27 2008
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Russia still has military checkpoints set up deep in Georgian territory, despite pledging to pull all forces out of Georgian territory in a ceasefire signed at the weekend. Russian President Dimitri Medvedev said earlier this week that all Russian...
Kagarlitsky: Capitalism in One State
Commentary, August, 13 2008
Boris Kagarlitsky
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When Vladimir Putin was president, he liked to give short, somewhat ironic answers to difficult questions. In 2000, for example, when U.S. television talk show host Larry King asked him what happened to the Kursk, Putin answered, "It sank."
Kagarlitsky: National project with a Stradivarius
Commentary, June, 26 2008
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Who would think that a banal song contest like Eurovision can trigger new round of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. When Kyiv won the right to host the finals of the 50th Eurovision contest, Moscow was sick with envy and spent millions to ...
Kagarlitsky: Labor code as an instrument of social revolution
Commentary, May, 28 2008
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The Russian labour code, written to suit the interests of employers, has pushed workers to unite and oppose its draconian terms.
Kagarlitsky: Two-headed eagle infected with bugs
Commentary, May, 25 2008
Boris Kagarlitsky
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It was rather charming how the inauguration of the new president and the appointment of the old president as the new prime minister fit nicely between Labor Day on May 1 and Victory Day on May 9. Russians commemorated the events by celebrating non...
Kagarlitsky: Communism's New Crisis
Commentary, May, 18 2008
Boris Kagarlitsky
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A decade ago, the triumph of liberalism in Europe was so overwhelming that even parties that traced their political lineage to the early 20th-century revolutionary working class movement did not to speak openly about the radical transformation of ...
Kagarlitsky: 90th anniversary of the October revolution
Znet Article, April, 24 2008
Boris Kagarlitsky
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A left-winger, I am supposed to venerate the day of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution. But no, I have never felt like celebrating on November 7. And yes, despite all the atrocities and blunders and the totalitarian outcome of the October Revolution...
