Vladmir "Michael Moore" Putin
Hey, Cop, Get busy—Go and Catch Robbers Natalia GevorkanGazeta.ruApril 19, 2007Translated from the Russian by Vova KhavkinThe Michael Moore-style next documentary about Russian President Putin is being...
View ArticleApproaching Zimbabwe
Approaching ZimbabweAndrei Illarionov16 April 2007YezhednevniyZhurnalIn Russia a new model has been formed for the government, economic and socio-political order – the Power Model (silovaya model’).It...
View ArticleRemembering Yeltsin
A Great President Has DiedYuliyaLatyninaYezhednevniyZhurnalApril 23, 2007Boris Yeltsin, one of the greatest leaders of Russia, has died.His greatness was not in his being a decisive liberal reformer,...
View ArticleThe Lie as National Idea
The Lie as National IdeaMatveyGanapolskiyYezhednevniyZhurnalApril 11, 2007The authorities in Russia are always putting forward ideas which, in their view, might help unify the country.The question,...
View ArticleEvaluating Authoritarianism
The Authoritarian Model of Governance:Preliminary ResultsAndrei IllarionovApril 2, 2007KommersantTranslated from the Russian by David Essel(A. Illarionov is the President of the Moscow Institute for...
View ArticleKremlin versus "Other Russia"
Premonition of GKChP-2*Yevgeniy KiselevApril 18, 2007Gazeta.ruTranslated from the Russian by Vova KhavkinWhy did the authorities, after all, stage an OMON [stormtrooper] street theatre in downtown...
View ArticleThe Savior of the Motherland
Thinking Aloud About my Motherland’s SaviorIlya MilshteynGrani.ru,April 24, 2006Translated from the Russian by Vova KhavkinAt the Kalininskiy market bread was “dumped” once every half hour. This was a...
View ArticleA Window on the Russian Blogosphere
“An 'Other' View”Russian BloggerDmitriy ShusharinTranslated from the Russian by Vova KhavkinIt’s a new publication. They asked, so I spoke my mind.I’ve heard that it’s been published. The editors came...
View ArticleEverything Old is New Again
Don’t Repeat the Mistake of the 1990’sMaksim BlantYezhednevniy ZhurnalApril 18, 2007In Russia the Power Model of governance has taken hold.The diagnosis has been made:Andrey Illarionov has with his...
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Illarionov on Bhutto
NOTE: The noted Russian author (shown above, right, with Benazir Bhutto, former Primer Minister of Pakistan), a former Kremlin insider, compares Russia and Pakistan, and finds that Russia is in some...
View ArticleThe Lollipop Kid and Time Magazine
Lollipop Kid Becomes Street Thug . . . and Man of the YearAleksandr GoltsYezhednevniy ZhurnalDecember 21, 2007To tell the truth, I had originally planned to write this article about two weeks from now,...
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Happy Birthday, Mr. President!
Putin’s Birthday and the Day of Polikovskaya’s DeathYezhednevniy Zhurnalby Yulia LatyninaOctober 8, 2007One year ago, on October 7, 2006 Anna Politkovskaya was shot in the entryway of her home, and no...
View ArticleLies for the Youngest
Lies for the YoungestYezhednevniy ZhurnalDecember 25, 2007EditorialWhat is it they say about great events?First time as tragedy, second time as farce.And indeed, everything is being repeated:already we...
View ArticleImitation as the Russian National Idea
Imitation as National Ideaby Aleksandr ProdrabinekYezhednevniy ZhurnalSeptember 26, 2007What is the deal with this mishmash of politicians and government ideologists stubbornly searching for a national...
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On the Trail of Politkovskaya's Killers
“Exposure of the Target”, or Something About Cultural CodesYezhednevniy Zhurnalby Yulia LatyninaSeptember 24, 2007The unraveling of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya began when the investigation noted...
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The Kremlin Versus Oborona: A Postcard from the Battlefront
The Court of Dyatlov vs. Charles DarwinOboronaOn August 14 in the 370th precinct of the Tverskiy Region in Moscow, a trial will be held to consider the case of Vladimir Akimenkov, an activist in the...
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The Kremlin Crushes Russia's Internet
Russia Starts the Second Cold War . . . on the InternetRupor.InfoEditorialTranslated from the Russian by S.S. While Vladimir Putin is building a “Golden Bunker” through his stand-ins [TN: a $50 million...
View ArticleThe New Cold War
For Internal Use OnlyAleksandr GoltsYezhednevniy ZhurnalDecember 7, 2007 The main question being asked these days by foreign diplomats in Moscow is: What is the meaning of the recent hostile military...
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The Nashi Election Broadsheets
Assuming it’s True…Yezhednevniy ZhurnalNovember 30, 2007“This guy tells me they’re printing this pamphlet in the print shop next door…”TRANSLATION: On December 2nd we elected President Putin to be the...
View ArticleLiability for Chechnya
European Court Says Russia Must Pay 42,000 Euros for the Murder of a Chechen by Policeman Federal SoldiersNewsRu.comNovember 15, 2007The European Court of Human Rights on November 16 handed down a...
View ArticleLatynina on Kasyanov
The Major’s SyndromeYulia LatyninaYezhednevniy ZhurnalJanuary 24, 2008Now they want to exclude Mikhail Kasyanov from the presidential elections.But whatever for?So what if Kasyanov runs and gets 2% of...
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Humped and Dumped
Prologue: It seems that Nashi has now served its purpose to the Kremlin and is going the way of all things, before it becomes too confident and hence threatening to the insecure but nonetheless...
View ArticleDear President Putin! II
An Open Letter to President Putinby Vladimir Sinelnikov*Yezhednevniy ZhurnalFebruary 7, 2008Dear Mr. President,I would imagine that most of the letters sent to you contain one or another request.But I...
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The United Russia Shakedown
La Russophobe's original translator has uncovered evidence in the Russian blogosphere of an attempt by United Russia to extort political campaign contributions under threat of force. Here's a copy of a...
View ArticleWelcome to LR Translations
This blog is a collection of original translations from the Russian press which were originally published on the Russia blog La Russophobe. Its contents are always expanding and are currently as...
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