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Commentary Kagarlitsky: Pseudo-Experts Fuel Popular Ignorance

Commentary, June, 14 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Most Russian journalists are convinced that an "expert" is any person who has an opinion on a particular subject, regardless of that person's field of expertise

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Bolotnaya Farce

Commentary, May, 31 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The number of political prisoners related to the "Bolotnoye affair" underscores the scope of the authorities' crackdown on the remnants of free political expression

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Putin, Not Bolotnaya, Is His Own Worst Threat

Commentary, May, 14 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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It is out there on the streets far beyond the Moscow Ring Road that the real protest energy is building

Commentary Kagarlitsky: The Ponomaryov Principle

Commentary, April, 25 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The current corruption scandals clearly demonstrate that Skolkovo has already failed as a scientific and technological project

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Tunis, the Birthplace of the Arab Spring, 2 Years On

Commentary, April, 16 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The political situation in Tunis is more complicated and less optimistic. Political freedoms have been secured, but social problems remain

Commentary Kagarlitsky: The Kremlin's Ostrich Economists

Commentary, April, 11 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Russian authorities made a serious error when they gloated over the economic problems incurred by Western European nations

Commentary Kagarlitsky: The Bankrupcty of EU's No-Default Policy

Commentary, March, 31 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The European elite are more afraid of defaults than Russians are of revolutions

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Medvedev Taking Russia Down a Road to Hell

Commentary, February, 28 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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There is no harm in dreaming about something — unless the dreamer has access to billions of rubles of public money and has no qualms about using it

Commentary Kagarlitsky: 2nd Wave of Crisis Is 2 Months Away

Commentary, January, 17 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The U.S. was the epicenter of the financial shockwaves in 2007 and 2008

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Between Gaidar and Keynes

Commentary, December, 20 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Whichever side wins in the struggle to determine Russia's economic course, politics will play a central role in its implementation

Commentary Kagarlitsky: One Year of Protest Turbulence

Commentary, December, 06 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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we can speak of an end to turbulence only in the sense that we have passed through a particular phase of the crisis, one that will inevitably be followed by another

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Why Did the Police Search My Apartment?

Commentary, November, 13 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The authorities' actions are senseless and ¬counterproductive, but this doesn't make them any less ruthless

Commentary Kagarlitsky: A Senseless Abduction in Kiev

Commentary, November, 05 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Some jailed Russians have become international celebrities, while many others are either unknown or have been forgotten by the outside world

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Building a Virtual Skolkovo

Commentary, October, 18 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The great flow of petrodollars is being used to indulge the vanity of the country's leaders

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Lawmakers Fixated on Loud Sex and Cats

Commentary, October, 04 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Time is passing, but our legislatures are too busy complaining about noisy cats to deal with the very real problems that Russians are facing

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Demonstration Déjà vu

Commentary, September, 21 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The energy behind the marches is undoubtedly waning, but it is also clear that the series of protests over much of the past year has changed society

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Corruption Organically Redistributes Wealth

Commentary, August, 10 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Investors will always put their money into projects that produce profits, regardless of how corrupt the country is

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Krymsk Unites OMON and the Opposition

Commentary, July, 27 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Apathy and a lack of grassroots movements have always helped strengthen authoritarian rule, corruption and bureaucratic lawlessness

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Media Sadomasochism

Commentary, July, 12 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Bad news is a very popular genre in the Russian media

Commentary Kagarlitsky: No More Privatization Scams

Commentary, June, 28 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Ordinary Russians remember how the hasty privatizations in the 1990s were a complete disaster

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Opposition Fatigue

Commentary, June, 14 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Protesters have clearly grown tired — not of the protest movement, but of its leaders

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Putin's Closed Government

Commentary, May, 31 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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There is a hard-and-fast rule on how new laws are passed in Russia: The most important legislation is usually approved with the least public discussion and debate

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Opposition Needs to Reach Beyond Moscow

Commentary, May, 18 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The Moscow protests on May 6 marked a milestone in the country's political development.

Commentary Kagarlitsky: France's Electoral Guillotine

Commentary, May, 03 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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French society is changing. The old political parties are rapidly losing credibility, and the public is putting ever greater pressure on the government

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Protest Genie Is Out of the Bottle

Commentary, April, 19 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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This discontent will inevitably be directed against the government itself as soon as it implements its programs

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Labor Protests Pose New Kremlin Headache

Commentary, April, 06 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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No sooner had protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg quieted down than strikes broke out in the provinces

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Revolutionary Winds Blowing Across Moldova

Commentary, March, 22 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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While Russians ponder the results of this winter's political crisis, a revolution is shaping up in Moldova

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Artists Sold Out to Putin

Commentary, March, 12 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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By supporting Putin, they not only oppose society, but also the moral foundation of their own profession

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Putin's Puppet Show

Commentary, February, 29 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Russia now has an extraordinary political system in which all of the elements are present, but nothing works

Commentary Kagarlitsky: A Propaganda Breakdown

Commentary, February, 09 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The only reason the lower class is not rebelling yet is that ordinary Russians are overburdened with the daily struggle for survival

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