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Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Pogroms Evoke Indifference

Znet Article, March, 28 2004 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Pogroms have once more rocked the Balkans. This time, rioting Kosovar Albanians destroyed Serbian homes and burned Orthodox churches. The enlightened West looked on with a mixture of bewilderment and indifference. People have...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Who Wants to Be President

Commentary, February, 13 2004 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The presidency has been regarded as the apex of any politician's career ever since its introduction to Russia. Yet the upcoming presidential election, already dubbed the main political event of 2004, has not only failed to generate much interest, ...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Will Russia Have Its Own Groundhog Day?

Commentary, December, 31 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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With the Russian parliamentary elections over, the pro-Kremlin ÒUnited RussiaÓ party with its more than 36% of votes looks like the only real winner. It also succeeded to get a massive victory in single-member constituencies. Together with some in...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Russian Communist Party in Pre-Election Crisis

Commentary, December, 07 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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"We're putting our hopes on the vote-rigging," a Communist Party official sighed. "How's that?" I asked, more than a little surprised. "The [presidential] administration has told the regional authorities to keep our vote total below a certain leve...

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Russian Communist Party in Pre-Election Crisis

Znet Article, December, 05 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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"We're putting our hopes on the vote-rigging," a Communist Party official sighed. "How's that?" I asked, more than a little surprised. "The [presidential] administration has told the regional authorities to keep our vote total below a certain leve...

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Yokos And Others

Znet Article, December, 02 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Russia is moving towards parliamentary elections but the real big question, which makes people excited, worried or intrigued is not about how many votes this or that party is going to get. More important is to understand which corporate groups a...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: The 2003 Elections in Russia: Nothing New

Commentary, October, 01 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Spring this year was a time of heated discussion in the camp of the Russian opposition. The crisis of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) led to the emergence of "renovating" tendencies in its leadership, while also spurring hopes...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: America Under Threat

Commentary, July, 14 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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What is at stake in the Middle East?

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: The Golitsino Consensus

Znet Article, July, 01 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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For many years, Russian leftists have talked of the need for a process of unification. The results, however, have been poor. The reasons for this have not even lain in the disagreements and ambitions of leaders, or in the ideological positions of ...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Russian Bureaucracy Builds Its Own Party

Commentary, June, 11 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The prominent Bolshevik and Politburo member Nikolai Bukharin once joked that there could only ever be two parties in Russia: one in the Kremlin and the other in prison. It was an unfortunate joke and Bukharin no doubt realized this when he was mo...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Russia Between Berlin and Washington

Commentary, May, 22 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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During the first days of the Iraq conflict, Russian official statements and the tone of the television broadcasts reminded many people of the anti-imperialist propaganda of Soviet times. These harsh words, however, were not uttered by the leaders ...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Strategic Control over a Bog

Commentary, March, 27 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The fight for strategic control over the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) has entered a new phase. This is not a traditional struggle between groups within the party, but a clash of external forces which are trying to seize control...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Russian Labor Movement Seems To Come Back

Commentary, March, 18 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Russian Labor Movement Seems To Come Back

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Russia and the War

Znet Article, February, 19 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The global crisis that came to a head over the weekend has resulted in defeat and unprecedented humiliation for the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. Washington had been sure that France would not veto its proposed UN resolution on ...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Mr. Putin's One Man Show

Commentary, February, 05 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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As the year drew to a close, an entertainment was organized for the Russian population. It was known as "Putin Answers Questions from Citizens". Out of the multitudes desperate to talk to the president, 51 fortunate souls, carefully selected and 1...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Autumn Reflections

Commentary, November, 23 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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First came the fear. For several months most of the Italian newspapers had been telling their readers about the terrible antiglobalists who were about to gather from all Europe to destroy Florence. The day before the European Social Forum opened, ...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: An Attack Against The Society

Commentary, November, 02 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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After special forces commandos stormed the Theater Na Dubrovke early Saturday morning, the authorities proclaimed the operation a complete success. They first announced that the enemy had been destroyed with no losses among the hostages or special...

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: An Attack Against Society

Znet Article, October, 29 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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After special forces commandos stormed the Theater Na Dubrovke early Saturday morning, the authorities proclaimed the operation a complete success. They first announced that the enemy had been destroyed with no losses among the ...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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...

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