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Commentary 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...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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 ...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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 ...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Khodorkovsky’s 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...

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...

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?

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

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...

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...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Looking At American Problems From Russia: Enron, Worldcom, And Now All The Rest?

Commentary, September, 18 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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No-one is surprised any more to hear bad news from the US, at any rate where the economy is concerned. Nevertheless, the failure of WorldCom has been something out of the ordinary. It is not just the scale of the bankruptcy. Six months ago the cra...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: The Great Friendship

Commentary, August, 27 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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After a period of cooling in their relations, Russia and the US are experiencing an acute bout of mutual sympathy. This seems a little strange against the background of the nationalist declarations uttered by President Putin during the first month...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Russia in Search of an Opposition: the Dilemma of Zyuganov

Commentary, July, 09 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Marching through the streets and squares of Russia in ritual May Day demonstrations, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) is again becoming part of everyday life. Losing its hold over the committees in the State Duma, the party was...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: The Second Boot Effect

Commentary, May, 21 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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There is a classic joke in which an old man is woken up every night by two dull thuds on the wall. This is the sound of his neighbour, a worker on the late shift, throwing off his boots after returning home. One day, coming upon his neighbour in t...

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