13 Apr 2010
With all the talk in the news about arms control, Polish leaders falling from the sky, 70-year-old war atrocities, and Russia’s place in the BRIC economies, I decided to post something today that has nothing to do with any of this. Consider the migalka – the little blue siren that sits atop the black luxury [...]
10 Apr 2010
Here is a complete list of those killed in the plane crash today that claimed the life of the Polish president, among others. It seems that all 96 passengers aboard the Ту-154 died. Via Andrey Illarionov:
9 Apr 2010
In honor of the signing of the Start follow-on treaty, I submit the following image of Russo-American awesomeness. Take that, naysayers.
9 Apr 2010
I’ve taken some time to read through the various commentaries and introspections following the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, and it’s come time for the promised rundown. The by-far most frustrating op-ed comes to us via the Washington Post from Anne Applebaum. Wife of Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski, Mrs. Applebaum approaches the debate [...]
7 Apr 2010
This morning, Vladimir Putin is meeting his Polish counterpart, Donald Tusk, in Smolensk at the site of the Katyn massacre, which is 70-years-old today. In my next post, I’d like to survey the public reaction to and interpretation of today’s event, but – for now, until all the commentary is in – let’s look back [...]
1 Apr 2010
In the days following the metro attacks in Moscow, media coverage has coalesced around two distinct narratives that ‘make sense’ of things. The options seem to be these: (a) militants operating out of the North Caucasus represent a link in the global chain of Islamic terrorism, or (b) these acts of violence are the consequence [...]
29 Mar 2010
Today’s attacks in the Moscow metro appear to have killed about forty people. As many people died a little more than six years ago in the tunnel near Avtozavodskaya station in a similar suicide explosion. Today and tomorrow are days of mourning, but the smoke had hardly cleared before the speculation and accusations started. The [...]
26 Mar 2010
A scandal has been brewing in Russia for months now, and it’s recently jumped back into the headlines thanks to a Gazeta.ru interview with Sergei Mironov a few days ago. This story has drama: stern words and harsh personal attacks volleyed between the ruling party, United Russia, and a sometimes-misbehaving, official-opposition party, Just Russia. This [...]
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