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The Credibility Gap That Ought To Be
Leap aboard the Lyttenburgh Omnibus; what follows is a looonnngg guest post by Lyttenburgh, one which is going to be like the blind men who are trying to describe an elephant. “An elephant is like a rope”, says the one … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Education, Europe, Government, Law and Order, Middle East, Military, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Strategy, Trade, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, Education, government, liberal opposition, Military, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade, Ukraine, War
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What if Trump Were Running Against Putin? The Struggle to Sell Clinton as a Democratic Inevitability.
The fortuitous discovery of perhaps thousands of emails exchanged with Hillary Clinton’s private email server, recovered from the computer belonging to sexual cluster bomb Anthony Weiner and his estranged missus – Clinton Chief of Staff and vice-chair of her election … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Government, Law and Order, Politics, Russia
Tagged economy, government, liberal opposition, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia
1,649 Comments
Putin is Weaponizing Popularity: Newsweek is not Amused.
“The mind, placed before any kind of difficulty, can find an ideal outlet in the absurd. Accommodation to the absurd readmits adults to the mysterious realm inhabited by children.” – André Breton How appropriate, to say nothing of au courant, … Continue reading
Posted in Alexei Navalny, Boris Nemtsov, Corruption, Economy, Europe, Government, Law and Order, Military, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Vladimir Putin
Tagged Alexei Navalny, Boris Nemtsov, economy, Education, government, liberal opposition, Military, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade, War
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On the Art of Noticing the Obvious, and Invisible People, Part II
As promised, we’re going to press on with the conclusion of Lyttenburgh’s piece. So far the first part has racked up 4,404 hits and attracted 996 comments; not bad at all. The premise that Russian liberals are fifth-columnists who are … Continue reading
Posted in Alexei Navalny, Boris Nemtsov, Education, Europe, Government, Law and Order, Russia, Slavs, Vladimir Putin, Yulya Latynina
Tagged Alexei Navalny, Boris Nemtsov, economy, Education, government, liberal opposition, Politics, role models, Russia
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On the Art of Noticing the Obvious, and Invisible People
One principal advantage this blog enjoys over many other Russia-focused blogs in English is the participation of some ethnic-Russian and extremely competent speakers of English, some of whom still live in Russia. We are therefore offered direct access to at … Continue reading
Navalny Hearts Trouble
Longtime readers will recall that Yalensis has sort of a thing about Alexei Navalny, and worked harder than any real journalist I know of to get to the bottom of the KirovLes timber scandal for which he was found guilty … Continue reading
Posted in Alexei Navalny, Corruption, Economy, Law and Order, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia
Tagged Alexei Navalny, economy, government, greed, liberal opposition, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia
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Oh Lord, Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Baby, do you understand me now? Sometimes I feel a little mad But don’t you know that no one alive can always be an angel When things go wrong I feel so bad. I’m just a soul whose intentions are … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Europe, Government, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Trade, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, espionage, government, liberal opposition, Politics, Russia, Trade, War
1,868 Comments
Godfather Putin Among the Grapes of Wrath
There’s something awkwardly touching about Robert Coalson’s enduring faith. Like a child closing her eyes and reciting “I do believe in fairies” three times, he is imbued with the certainty that Russia’s collapse is just around the next corner. And … Continue reading
Posted in Alexei Navalny, Corruption, Economy, Europe, Government, Investment, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, government, greed, liberal opposition, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia
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Radoslaw Sikorski is a Handsome, Urbane, Well-Educated Twat – The Ignominious Collapse of British Journalism
The British press has a well-earned reputation for being preoccupied with sex, scandal and celebrities to the exclusion of reporting on anything worthwhile. When it reports on a supposed affront to Britain’s sovereignty – such as the passage of the … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Law and Order, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Western Europe
Tagged economy, government, liberal opposition, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Ukraine
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The Business of Disinformation – The West Gets Ready to Roll the Bones
It’s up to you how you wanna live: go out and have your fun You don’t wanna be a fugitive from the things you never done; Ain’t nobody gonna throw you a bone, to keep your hopes alive: You … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Law and Order, Military, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Ukraine
Tagged economy, government, liberal opposition, Military, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Ukraine, War
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The Kremlin Stooge 