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Alpha Dog Can't Save Russia
07 February 12
Every failed revolution is followed by a serious repercussion. Considering that the current "White Revolution" is bound to fail, turmoil awaits this country after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president in May. And it will be a powerful repercussion, like the one that followed the failed revolution of 1905.
Killer Cops
31 January 12
The media first leaked the story of the death of 15-year-old Nikita Leontyev from St. Petersburg a day after it happened on Jan. 21.
Why Putin Believes His Critics Are Monkeys
24 January 12
In the six weeks since the protests began at Bolotnaya Ploshchad, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has made one fatal, but inevitable, error. He broke his vow of silence.
Popular Front Flubs While Chaika Babbles
18 January 12
Prosecutor General Yury Chaika last week announced that the opposition rallies have been financed "from sources located outside Russia."
Putin: Results 2011
10 January 12
During the eight years in which Vladimir Putin has ruled as president and prime minister over Russia's 140 million people, at least 2 million of them have left the country. That includes "1.25 million in the last several years," according to the somewhat fuzzy admission by Public Chamber head Sergei Stepashin.
Kremlin, Not Protesters, Takes Cues From Hillary
28 December 11
Even more people took part in the demonstration on Saturday at Prospekt Akademika Sakharova than they did for the rally on Dec. 10 on Bolotnaya Ploshchad.
Supporting Putin and Yourself Simultaneously
20 December 11
Since the Dec. 10 protest on Bolotnaya Ploshchad, the authorities have adopted a change of tactics. They are fighting back against the protests using their best methods.
We, the Middle Class, Are Not Revolutionaries
14 December 11
Other Russia leader Eduard Limonov wrote in on his LiveJournal blog: "If the bourgeois leaders had not led the tens of thousands of angry citizens from the center of town, that evening they could have been in the State Duma or Central Elections Commission."
This Could Be Putin's Last Election
07 December 11
They were scared, really scared. The authorities did not allow a single real opposition party to participate in the State Duma elections. There was no option for "none of the above." They stripped the very idea of elections of any meaning.
The Only Electable Russian Is Alexei Navalny
30 November 11
In modern Russia there is no such thing as elections — only mock elections. The entire system is designed so that the true opposition parties cannot register for the elections and those individuals who could potentially mount a serious challenge to the ruling United Russia party are powerless to do so.
A Quick Way to Become a Superpower
23 November 11
In a meeting with Volga Federal District media professionals on Nov. 19, President Dmitry Medvedev essentially buried his earlier proposal for government officials to declare their large expenditures.
From Bunga-Bunga to Getting the Boot
16 November 11
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has resigned. The Italian and European political left rightfully considered Berlusconi a symbol of the degradation of Italian politics and celebrated his departure.
Bout Illustrates Why Putin Will Fail
09 November 11
When a U.S. jury last week convicted Viktor Bout, the so-called Merchant of Death, of conspiracy to kill Americans and selling weapons to a terrorist organization — a crime that carries a sentence of 25 years to life in prison — Russian authorities reacted with anger.
Smearing Navalny for Peanuts
02 November 11
Novaya Gazeta reported that a smear campaign was being planned against blogger Alexei Navalny one week before it began. When it did come, it was surprisingly unimpressive.
Alexei Navalny vs. Vladlen Stepanov
26 October 11
Anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny has lost a defamation lawsuit filed by Vladlen Stepanov, whom Navalny had implicated in the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. This is very good news — not that Navalny lost, of course, but that the lawsuit publicized some very important information.
Tymoshenko Is No Khodorkovsky
19 October 11
It is becoming increasingly likely that former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will become the country's next president. Tymoshenko is no Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Berezovsky, the Brilliant Strategist
12 October 11
For two weeks now, a London court has been considering a $5.5 billion lawsuit that self-exiled Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky has filed against fellow oligarch Roman Abramovich, and everyone is wondering: Why is Berezovsky going to the trouble? The answer is: He wants his money back.
The American Terrorist Liberties Union
05 October 11
Drones have been successfully hitting one terrorist after another lately in the U.S. war against Islamist terrorism. Al-Qaida and other Islamist organizations have made it their top priority to ban the use of drones, and leftist and human rights organizations in the West have eagerly joined their battle.
Putin Forever
28 September 11
In a normal electoral system, only one person can be president, but anyone can be a voter. The Russian system is the exact opposite. The president can be anyone — even Connie, Putin's beloved Labrador retriever — but there can be only one voter: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Why Prokhorov Quit
21 September 11
There is a puppet master in our country," Mikhail Prokhorov said last Thursday after renegade members of the Right Cause party staged a coup against him. "He has long misinformed the country's leadership about what is happening in the political system, suppressed the media, and created discord. His name is Vladislav Surkov." Those words alone more than justify Prokhorov's short tenure as party head.
Why Chubais Is Not Schwarzenegger
14 September 11
Viktor Vekselberg — the modernization tsar, godfather of the Skolkovo project and guiding light of Russia's nanotechnology industry — purchased a building on Krasnopresnenskaya Naberezhnaya from the Hungarian government in 2008 for $21.3 million and then resold it to the Russian government for $125 million.
Medvedev Is No Lee Kuan Yew
07 September 11
It appears that Igor Yurgens, head of the Institute of Contemporary Development think tank that is linked to President Dmitry Medvedev, has become a satirist. Yurgens' latest pro-Medvedev article, published in Monday's Vedomosti, was titled "Medvedev Should Become Russia's Lee Kuan Yew" and argues that Medvedev should run for a second presidential term.
The Key to Solving the Politkovskaya Case
31 August 11
Three months ago, I learned that Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a retired former Moscow senior police investigator who headed a surveillance unit, would be arrested and charged with organizing the murder of former Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
A Mole Poorly Disguised as a Sapsan Terrorist
24 August 11
The Federal Security Service told Kommersant last week that it had prevented a major terrorist attack against the Sapsan bullet train between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Now, with this incident, the FSB is trying to claim they averted another terrorist attack. But it is clear that there was a mole planted as a government informant.
Addicted to Welfare
17 August 11
In his book "Civilization: The West and the Rest," historian Niall Ferguson writes: "We are living through the end of 500 years of Western ascendancy." What is amazing is that Europe is now going through the same thing that the Soviet Union experienced in 1991 — namely, the collapse of its socialist economy.
Independence Illusions
10 August 11
There are two versions of how World War II started. The first is that the Polish military attacked a German radio station in Gleiwitz. The second is that Adolf Hitler's army invaded Poland. Similarly, there are two versions of how the Russia-Georgia war began in August 2008.
Expanding the Cardin List to the Very Top
03 August 11
The Cardin list — named after its sponsor, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin — hits the most vulnerable part of Russia's corrupt system. In contrast to the Soviet leadership, the current Russian regime is not dictatorial, but exponentially more corrupt.
No. 1 in Man-Made Disasters
27 July 11
Russia has experienced so many tragedies caused by human error in recent years that it deserves an entry in the Guinness Book of Records.
The Kremlin Cuts Its Tail to Spite the Truth
20 July 11
According to legend, Alcibiades, a fifth-century B.C. Athenian statesman, once cut off his dog's tail. All of Athens began discussing the deed. When his friends asked him why he had done it, Alcibiades responded, "I want Athenians to discuss this event and nothing else."
Our Own Lehman Brothers
13 July 11
While watching the Bank of Moscow scandal unfold, two questions come to mind. First, the Bank of Moscow held the accounts of Moscow's city budget, and the deficit of the bank is now $14 billion. In essence this means that the city's funds have been stolen from the bank. How did this happen?
