Assesing Russia's helmsman/despot legacy | 10 comments (10 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Assesing Russia's helmsman/despot legacy (4.00 / 6)

Spasibo, Far Easterner.

Sean Guillory's got the rundown on Nemtsov's fiasco here. And as always, Anatoly Karlin is ready to address any misinterpreted demographics statistics...

OT, well-meaning readers have been flooding my inbox with pictures of the protest. I'm afraid to open my e-mail at work now!

Also, I've not retired! If anything I write more now...

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Thu Jun 17th, 2010 at 10:16:40 AM EST

Re: Assesing Russia's helmsman/despot legacy (4.00 / 3)

Odds and Ends has a worthy successor here on ET, now...

European Tribune - Assesing Russia's helmsman/despot legacy

It's always nice to start writing with piece of extravaganza, to raise eyebrows of sophisticated readers. I could not find better beginning than this information about new forms of protest against Putin's rule:
Penis protest rises to greet Russian economic forum

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 17th, 2010 at 10:25:38 AM EST
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I'm afraid to open my e-mail at work now!

Not much fun of being accused at watching pornography ;-)

by FarEasterner on Thu Jun 17th, 2010 at 11:05:07 AM EST
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Re: Assesing Russia's helmsman/despot legacy (4.00 / 2)

As magically predicted:

The Boris Bombshell. Two Years Later. Still a Dud.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Jun 18th, 2010 at 03:18:16 PM EST
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Assesing Russia's helmsman/despot legacy | 10 comments (10 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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