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• Death of a Privatiser

  
  Russia — Authority: 106
  Like James Dean, Yegor Gaidar lived hard and died young. But unlike Dean, the only victim of whose reckless driving was himself, the man who privatised Russia’s economy in the 1990s took his entire young country on a deadly joyride that wrecked millions of lives. That’s no hyperbole: The Lancet has ...
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• Op-Ed Columnist: Doubts About Certitude

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  Maureen Dowd
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• A Trans-Siberian update

  
  If You Read Only One Blog This Year — Authority: 106
  Im sipping on my second cup of hot chocolate of the evening, listening to Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Anytime I hear someone say how nothing good came from of the fall of the Soviet empire, I remind them of TSO. Sometimes I get really into the music and start pretending Im conducting the orchestra with a series of ...
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• Moscow Cultural Landmark Is Seen as Threatened

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin has signed a decree that critics say would allow developers to demolish a Soviet-era cultural landmark, the Central House of Artists.
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  IZO — Authority: 441
  Russian human rights campaigner Valeriya Novodvorskaya comments on the case of Alexander Volodarsky (aka Shiitman) (IZO) (via dadakinder).
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  IZO — Authority: 441
  Who or what is "Ratis Gailis", "Russian" tycoon, accused of throttling his wife (Telegraph) (thanks, MK)? Googling doesnt bring him up except in connection with this case. Ditto if you google in cyrillic. If you decide the name is maybe...
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• The Morality of War: Communism vs. The United States

  
  Alexandria — Authority: 489
  Michael Yon has an interesting piece up on the history of warfare in the Kandahar region of Afghanistan. Yon is the favored war journalist of the right. He writes well and spends much time embedded with the troops. In this piece he makes the case that we are conducting our war much differently than the Russians, ...
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• Zhan Vi brings European flair to stage

  
  Fashion Tribe — Authority: 122
  Nadine Kam video stills Zhan Vi’s show Saturday at Level 4 had a European vibe. Still catching up with the series of fashion shows presented Saturday night at Level 4 in Waikiki. Each of the shows by Indashio, Valerie Joseph and Zhan Vi merited its own video. Zhan Vi’s was striking in bringing a touch of ...
  6 days ago

• Material Incentives – Even in the USSR

  
  CIPE Development Blog — Authority: 420
  & To continue our reflections on the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the eventual collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and Eurasia… I had one of those experiences yesterday when you look at something you’ve seen dozens of times before and you see it in a new light, and get to thinking about it more ...
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• CCCP

  
  Japan, Hockey, Baseball, etc. — Authority: 103
  CCCP Big Red Machine 華の８０年代ソビエト・ホッケー
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• Илья Глазунов

  
  What Do You Believe? — Authority: 437
  “Кто против Глазунова, тот против России.” “He who is against Glazunov is against Russia.” Ilya Glazunov - The Market of Our Democracy [ 1999 ] Илья Глазунов – Рынок нашей демократии ...
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• An Indo-Russian thaw on a wintry day in Moscow (News Analysis)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Sarwar KashaniMoscow, Dec 9 (IANS) On a wintry day in Moscow, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had a reason to exchange warm smiles that signalled a new warmth in bilateral ties that went through a period of cold shouldering when both countries ended their Cold War alliance ...
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• The Road To Overachieving Is Lined With Blue Trash Carts

  
  Kansas City with the Russian Accent — Authority: 119
  When Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev came back from his trip to the United States he had the answer to all of the USSR’s agricultural and other problems – corn. A directive was issued and pretty soon corn was being planted everywhere with joyous reports pouring in from all corners of the country  even from places ...
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• Books of The Times: Communism’s Path: A Once-Vigorous Idea That Has Lost Its Muscle

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  Graphic arts glorified communism. Above, a 1928 German poster celebrating 10 years of the Soviet Union.
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• Timeline of fixing final price of Admiral Gorshkov

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) India and Russia have “successfully” concluded the agreement on the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Russia. Following is the timeline of fixing the final price of the craft:1978 - The keel for the Kiev class aircraft carrier was laid in ...
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• Climategate, Courtesy of Russia?

  
  WOK3 — Authority: 437
  The so-called controversy over the hacked emails showing what scientists were doing has had one interesting part in it, and that is who hacked the email accounts to begin with.  Skipping over the part where climate change deniers cannot seem to be bothered with things like disappearing ice in the arctic and sea ...
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  IZO — Authority: 441
  The PinchukArtCentre prizes have been awarded by a jury including Francesco Bonami (Italy), Udo Kittelmann (Germany), Jessica Morgan (UK) and Ukrainian artists Serhiy Bratkov and Boris Mikhailo. The main prize (100,000 UAH - $12,500) went to Artem Volokitin. Special prizes...
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  IZO — Authority: 441
  Example of the new Ukrainian morality committee (NEK) at work (dadakinder, in Russian): The two sides [the Committee and the author Oles Ulyanenko] agreed that the NEK would withdraw its conclusion that the book, The Woman of his Dreams (Жінка...
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  IZO — Authority: 441
  Massive legal battle over supply of raw materials between metal billionaires Lakshmi Mittal and Igor Kolomoisky in Ukraine; Mittals side suggests dirty tricks by Kolomoiskys side (solomin, in Russian). Now, how long before mainstream press reads IZO and reports on...
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• Operation Keelhaul – WWII

  
  ELLIOT LAKE News & Views — Authority: 115
  Albert Burns We just passed a significant anniversary. On October 16, 1933, Franklin Roosevelt granted diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union. The Communist government was about to collapse for lack of financing. Granting them diplomatic recognition literally saved the Soviet government which had been ...
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