Why Russia Still Loves Stalin
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posted by zaina19 on March, 2006 as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/3/2006 4:07 PM Why Russia Still Loves Stalin By Nina L. Khrushcheva Sunday, February 12, 2006; B03 When I was growing up in the Soviet Union of the 1970s, it was President Leonid Brezhnev that I loathed. The dreaded Joseph Stalin seemed merely a name from a distant past. Back in 1956, he had been outed as a monster by my great-grandfather, Nikita Khrushchev, in the famous "secret speech" at the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party and deleted from history. But Brezhnev, with his sinister eyebrows, was everywhere. He brooded over me and my classmates from school posters, promising the bright, shining future of communism. And he had made his ominous presence felt in my own family. My school on Kutuzovsky Prospect was a haven for the party elite, where Politburo members -- including the Brezhnevs -- sent their children. My friends boasted of grandfathers who were ambassador to England or head of the KGB. But my once-powerful great-grandfather officially didn't exist. ... >> full
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Iaras Valukenas: "The world, deprived from morals, is doomed to destruction"
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/8/2006 7:50 PM March, 8, 2006 Iaras Valukenas: "The world, deprived from morals, is doomed to destruction" The full version for CHECHENPRESS Photomontage of Iaras Valukenas. Having met in the Internet -ocean with articles of Iaras Valukenas, I was struck with their non-triviality. And asked Iaras to share his ideas, especially since we have the vacuum of the information from our former "republic-sisters", Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, recently awarded with the highest honour of the today's world: to be accepted in the Eurounion. Especially - recently it has got 15 years old by foreign date. January, 13 1991 - tragical date for Lithuanian people and a critical boundary of the beginning of disorder of "Evil Empire". Then, in reply to the announcement of the Lithuanian parliament for the separation from the USSR, Moscow drew the tanks into Vilnius. The inhabitants of Vilnius and the ... >> full
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Shopkeepers at a political market
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/11/2006 6:45 AM March, 11, 2006 Shopkeepers at a political market Zaurbek Galaev, CHECHENPRESS The stated by Putin intention to invite to Moscow the representatives of KHAMAS has served as an occasion for sharp polemic between the supporters and opponents of this decision. The belonging of that or other side of dispute with the specific camp was not difficult to recognize by used arguments. One side declares about the inadmissibility of support by the president of Russia of the organization, which was recognized as terrorist, while another one supports Putin's decision, calling his manifestation the "independent policy" of Russian state. Those more moderate in the estimations talk about the intention of Russia to increase their intermediary role in the Palestinian-Israeli regulating and the tendency to enlarge their influence in the Near East. However, the impression is created, that the possible visit KHAMAS to Moscow has greater significance for Russia itself and its internal social and political situation, rather than for the Near East. The ... >> full
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Author indicts Russian president
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/13/2006 12:14 AM SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2006 12:00 AM Author indicts Russian president Reviewer Noah Haglund, a crime reporter for The Post and Courier PUTIN'S RUSSIA: Life in a Failing Democracy. By Anna Politkovskaya. Metropolitan Books. 288 pages. $25. Why do we care about Russia? Or do we? The trunk of the Soviet colossus may have receded into a mere regional power. So maybe you don't care. Or maybe you belong to that peculiar breed of Russophiles fascinated with this vast, complex land for its own sake. Whatever your reasons, Anna Politkovskaya's most recent book translated into English is probably as good a primer as any on the ills of Russia under President Vladimir Putin. But take heed: This isn't the dispassionate Western-style journalism that strives (often without success) for objectivity; this is a fiery indictment of a leader for whom the author openly declares her dislike. A correspondent for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta, Politkovskaya may be best known for writing about the wars in Chechnya. ... >> full
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No need for west to be shy of Putin
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/13/2006 1:01 AM Posted to the web on: 13 March 2006 No need for west to be shy of Putin Philip Stephens - Financial Times THERE is a nice story doing the rounds about how the west’s leaders may show their displeasure at Russia’s slide into authoritarianism. George Bush will boycott the opening banquet at July’s Group of Eight (G-8) summit in St Petersburg. Not wanting to be left out, but too timid to risk giving quite so much offence to President Vladimir Putin, European leaders will leave the table before dessert is served. It could almost be true. The story is a perfect metaphor for the tangle in which the US and its partners in the old G-7 now find themselves. Most of them are embarrassed by the summit, but some less than others. One or two have flirted with a token gesture of reluctance. No one has said out loud what all — or maybe most — of them think: Putin’s ... >> full
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