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Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Chavez Was No Dictator

Znet Article, March, 15 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Unlike Russia, Chavez firmly upheld the rights and freedoms enshrined in Venezuela's constitution

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Crushing Russia's Labor Leaders

Znet Article, February, 19 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The fortitude Urusov has shown in prison and his refusal to plea bargain has made him a hero of the Russian labor movement

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Spain Could Collapse Like the U.S.S.R.

Znet Article, February, 01 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Catalonia has adopted a declaration of sovereignty. To those of us who lived through the collapse of the Soviet Union, this is very much deja vu

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Is Russia Able to Come Up with a New Foreign Policy Strategy?

Znet Article, October, 22 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The sole strategy for progressive reform today is to competently dismantle the existing institutions

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: The Pussy Riot Conspiracy

Znet Article, September, 07 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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When discussing a scandal in Russia, the first question people are tempted to ask is, "Who ordered it?" The case against the female punk group Pussy Riot is a good example

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: The Cretins of Amiens

Znet Article, August, 26 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Even the very best education cannot solve societal problems

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: On Power and Russia's Protests

Znet Article, February, 10 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The meaning of real change is not the counting of votes but transformation of the system

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: A Very Peaceful Russian Revolt

Znet Article, December, 24 2011 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The real reason for the stand-off between society and the authorities lies precisely in the resistance by the less well-off to the anti-social policies of the elites

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Reflections on the Arab Revolutions

Znet Article, November, 30 2011 Boris Kagarlitsky
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There is nothing terrible about being in a minority, but there is nothing more appalling than to remain a mere spectator of history

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Economic Policies After the Death of Neoliberalism

Znet Article, November, 12 2011 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The international economic system that took shape after the collapse of the Soviet Union is not dead yet, but it is dying

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Europe's Nationalists Waiting in the Dark

Znet Article, April, 29 2011 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Whenever free market policy fails, the only salvation offered is even higher doses of the same policy

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Global Crisis - A Russian Perspective

Znet Article, January, 12 2011 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Deep-rooted changes have happened in Russia as a result of its embrace of neoliberalism.

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Putin and Europe on the same crisis page

Znet Article, March, 12 2010 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The current wave of strikes across Europe are only a prelude to what will come, as the ruling elite are not prepared to change their anti-crisis policies that have merely supported the corporations that caused the crisis.

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: A Hostage of the Elite

Znet Article, October, 13 2007 Boris Kagarlitsky
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I received the news that President Vladimir Putin would be headin...

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: The Blockade of Heiligendamm

Znet Article, July, 04 2007 Boris Kagarlitsky
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"God knows what's happening here! There are ...

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: The phantom of the orange revolution and bureaucratic ignorance

Znet Article, October, 23 2006 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Two weeks ago the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament State Duma was preoccupied with two very important issues: it adopted the law on autonomous institutions and deliberated on the “orange revolution” threat. The Russian MPs w...

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Pluralism a la Cremlin

Znet Article, September, 09 2006 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Russian political authorities, as we are told, are heartily devoted to ideals of pluralism. Any official in the Kremlin will in all honesty explain to you how important it is. Manufacturing contested elections, engineering public debate and so to ...

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Riots in France

Znet Article, November, 11 2005 Boris Kagarlitsky
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  For two weeks now, France has been rocked by street violence and arson. And for two weeks, Russian commentators have held forth about the "Muslim factor" and "ethnic conflicts." It's easier to spout cliches than to figure out what's really hap...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: German Luck

Znet Article, September, 28 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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It looks as though everyone lost. Or almost everyone. The German elections have come and...

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: A French Lesson

Znet Article, April, 30 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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No-one was particularly excited about the presidential elections in France. The differences between the leading candidates were so minuscule that the victory of one or the other could have significance only for the candidate himself and for people...

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Roots of Anti-Americanism

Znet Article, April, 10 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Roots of Anti-Americanism

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