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EDITORIAL: Putin's Virtual Iron Curtain

2008-04-17 02:20:21 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...writers themselves The consequences of this crazed, paranoid Stalin-like crackdown are immediately apparent, and totally devastating We report today on two stories about how Russia is...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Sunday Poet

2008-02-15 20:23:48 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...writers who had briefly flourished [under Khrushchev's thaw] went two different ways," the great Sovietologist and literary critic Robert Conquest put it in a 1974 profile. "Solzhenitsyn and his...
 
 
 
 
 
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Svet Sunday: Sergey Mikhalkov 95th Anniversary!

2008-03-16 09:47:00 by HASH0x8b8c868 in Windows to Russia!
 
...Writers' Union in 1937. Despite his noble descent and the fact that he joined the Communist Party only in 1950, he managed to survive the Stalinist purges and get into special favor with...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Misconception of Russian Authoritarianism: Part 2 - The Problems of Media Bias and Cold War Stereotypes

2008-07-11 16:28:24 by Editor in Russia Blog
 
...writers (op/ed) and political roundtables), Politicians, and academics (NGOs, Universities, Former Politicians, Think Tanks). All of these are parts of an integral process of reporting events....
 
 
 
 
 
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Grigory Pasko: Interview with Zakhar Prilepin

2008-10-27 16:32:24 by Grigory Pasko in Robert Amsterdam
 
...writers/journalists/political essayists understand that theyre watching them. May God be with them, those watchers: let them watch to their hearts content. But unfortunately, as experience...
 
 
 
 
 
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What Does China Think?

2008-03-28 08:03:00 by Naxal Watch in IntelliBriefs
 
...writers and thinkers?' Indeed, if we are honest, 'a handful' would be generous where most of us are concerned The chief merit of Leonard's contribution [What does China think? Fourth Estate...
 
 
 
 
 
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Russia: Drawing The Red Lines!

2008-09-09 01:36:00 by Kyle and Svet Keeton in Windows to Russia!
 
...writers quit writing anti-Russian speeches. Cheney just made the rounds through this part of the world and proceeded to show his mentality level. Every time he spoke in the last few days, every...
 
 
 
 
 
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Perspective on the New Year: Russia is Neither Free, Orderly Nor Great

2008-01-06 07:06:00 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...writers highlight are in any way consistent with the notion that at the cost of freedom, Putin has made Russia orderly and great Thanks for reading La Russophobe
 
 
 
 
 
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The Sunday Secret Police

2008-02-08 19:22:26 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...writers and journalists who portray agents in a good light. The tradition, which was discontinued in 1989, resumed in 2006. Last December, the creator of the television show "Operation...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Misconception of Russian Authoritarianism Part 1 - Defining Democracy in Russia

2008-07-11 01:09:35 by Editor in Russia Blog
 
...writers, publicly enforced by Politicians public statements and cited by academics. The following is a list of three examples from each group Surveying mass media headlines - negative...