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Kagarlitsky: Cook The Leftists
Commentary, August, 16 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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I can't help admitting that when Mikhail Khodorkovsky was a model liberal oligarch, I fancied him more. What can one expect from an upright liberal? First of all, he should be tolerant towards others' views. He may (even has to) feel strongly abou...
Kagarlitsky: Africa First
Commentary, July, 28 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The terrorist attacks in London have given the Russian press more food for thought and discussion. Had it not been for the explosions, death of people, search for the malefactors, the journalists wouldn't have had the slightest clue of what to wri...
Kagarlitsky: Dagestan: No Place for a Picnic
Znet Article, July, 26 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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It all started with a picnic in the countryside held in honor of the visiting Geidar Dzhemal, head of the Islamic Committee of Russia and author of the controversial book Osvobozhdeniye Islama, or the Liberation of Islam. Dzhemal had traveled to D...
Kagarlitsky: The EU's Crisis at the Top
Commentary, June, 30 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Last month, the French and Dutch voted against the European Union Constitution. Last week, EU leaders could not agree on the EU budget when they met in Brussels. The project of European integration is in crisis.
Kagarlitsky: Schizophrenic Celebrations
Commentary, May, 21 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The Russian authorities have a serious problem with official holidays. What are national holidays good for, anyway? They are not just about giving people an extra day off. No, they have an important political function. They are designed to reinfor...
Kagarlitsky: Social Forum in Russia
Commentary, May, 10 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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On the weekend of April 16 and 17, the first Russian Social Forum was held in Moscow. On the campus of the Moscow University of the Humanities, members of left, trade union, environmental, human rights and disabled organisations gathered to discus...
Kagarlitsky: Riding a Tiger
Commentary, April, 19 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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To hear the Kremlin tell it, all of the recent revolutions in former Soviet republics were instigated by Washington and directed exclusively against Russia. Experts authorized to speak on behalf of the leadership explain that events of this nature...
Kagarlitsky: Tightening the Next Screws
Commentary, March, 29 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Russian security officials are stating with satisfaction that despite Chechen leader Aslan Maskhadov's death, the situation in the Caucasus has not changed radically for the worse, contrary to all expectations. A downed helicopter doesn't count; t...
Kagarlitsky: North Atlantic Disinterest
Znet Article, March, 16 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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On his recent travels through Europe, U.S. President George W. Bush tried to put his best face forward. He was as polite and well mannered as he could manage. In Paris, he listened attentively to President Jacques Chirac speaking in French. In Eas...
Kagarlitsky: North Atlantic Disinterest
Commentary, March, 05 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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On his recent travels through Europe, U.S. President George W. Bush tried to put his best face forward. He was as polite and well mannered as he could manage. In Paris, he listened attentively to President Jacques Chirac speaking in French. In Eas...
Kagarlitsky: Anti-Semites Go Public
Commentary, February, 11 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Nineteen State Duma deputies petitioned the Prosecutor General to ban Jews. The document was published right on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and coincided with President Vladimir Putin's appearance at a somber commemoration. The ...
Kagarlitsky: A Visit to the Colonel
Commentary, January, 16 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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It is less than a month since Colonel Hugo Chavez, the radical and charismatic president of Venezuela, spoke in Moscow to an enraptured crowd of left-wing youth and intelligentsia. Now I am in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, at a big conferenc...
Kagarlitsky: PutinÕs Ukrainian Catastrophe
Commentary, December, 17 2004
Boris Kagarlitsky
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On RussiaÕs state television channels, there was hysteria. Astonished viewers, plunged into a cold war atmosphere, learned that neighbouring Ukraine was experiencing a coup dÕŽtat planned by foreign spy services. The enemies were so cunning that t...
Kagarlitsky: Putin’s Ukrainian Catastrophe
Commentary, December, 17 2004
Boris Kagarlitsky
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On Russia’s state television channels, there was hysteria. Astonished viewers, plunged into a cold war atmosphere, learned that neighbouring Ukraine was experiencing a coup d’état planned by foreign spy services. The enemies were ...
Kagarlitsky: No More Kremlin Wizardry
Commentary, October, 19 2004
Boris Kagarlitsky
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It was clear from the outset that President Vladimir Putin's second term would differ markedly from his first. Even the legion of well-connected experts insisted that the president would need time to solidify his hold on power. After accomplishing...
Kagarlitsky: Russian terrorism and power politics
Commentary, September, 07 2004
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Early this Summer, the Kremlin has been cleaning house in the so-called power agencies (siloviki). The firing of General Anatoly Kvashnin as chief of the General Staff sent the pundits into overdrive. At one end of the spectrum, analysts argued th...
Kagarlitsky: Two Congresses and a Funeral
Commentary, July, 27 2004
Boris Kagarlitsky
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The Communist Party's leaders have always been prone to optimism. When they were told of an impending crisis in their ranks, they confidently replied that nothing of the kind was possible. When forecasts suggested they would lose numerous seat...
Kagarlitsky: Will Bush survive Iraq?
Commentary, May, 19 2004
Boris Kagarlitsky
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With American elections approaching, the whole world is waiting. Americans are voting, but every other country knows that its future in one or another way will depend on the outcome of this vote. Because G.W. Bush isn't a problem for Americans, it...
Kagarlitsky: KhodorkovskyÕs Crisis
Commentary, April, 21 2004
Boris Kagarlitsky
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By publishing his "Crisis of Liberalism in Russia" article in Vedomosti, Mikhail Khodorkovsky clearly intended to stir up some debate. And heated discussion did indeed ensue, though not so much about the fate of liberalism as about whether Khodork...
Kagarlitsky: Khodorkovsky’s Crisis
Commentary, April, 21 2004
Boris Kagarlitsky
Kagarlitsky's ZSpace page
By publishing his "Crisis of Liberalism in Russia" article in Vedomosti, Mikhail Khodorkovsky clearly intended to stir up some debate. And heated discussion did indeed ensue, though not so much about the fate of liberalism as about whether Khodork...
