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Ending the Snow Revolution: Road Maps & Dead Ends

Ending the Snow Revolution: Road Maps & Dead Ends

11 Dec 2011

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The first of possibly several waves of mass demonstrations has swept Russia. Yesterday, a crowd maybe as big as one-hundred thousand people gathered in downtown Moscow to protest voter fraud in the December 4th parliamentary elections. The big question now is: where does Russia go from here? For most observers on the ground, there is [...]

By: Kevin Rothrock Category: Election Politics, Party Politics, Russian Opposition Tags: , , , , , ,

Maksim Kononenko & the Great White Hope

11 Jan 2011

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I recently read a very interesting interview with the always-provocative Maskim Kononenko, an insanely active Russian LJ blogger, journalist, and creator of the wildly funny vladimir.vladimirovich.ru short stories saga. The original text of this “Russkii Zhurnal” interview can be found here, and my translation appears below. One thing I’ll note about Kononenko’s comments is that [...]

By: Kevin Rothrock Category: Russian Politics Tags: , ,