Inside Krasnodar | 2008

Here’s a short article in Interfax about the stand-off between US and Russian officials. Many of you in the US don’t always get the other side of these “arguments” so I thought you might find this interesting and quite logical. Plus, Krasnodar Krai has been discussed as playing a role in the proposed cooperation on […]

Holy cow, Serge Schmemann has written a most thoughtful well-reasoned and yup, fair snap-shot of Vladimir Putin in today’s IHT. The article titled, A Visit with Putin, resonates very strongly with me and my viewpoint of Russia today. Here’s a couple quotes from the article:
….He does not disown the Soviet Union, which he served as […]

There is now so much bullshit written about Russia in the Western press (see sidebar for list of these anti-Russian writers) those of us who actually have a clue about the real situation in Russia have simply thrown-up our hands and said, “What evaaah!”
So, thank God for the eXile website. The eXile not only has […]

A false dichotomy is being imposed upon us - either democracy as directed by the West and in exchange for our raw materials, or relative autonomy and authoritarianism. But the truth is that Russia is perfectly capable of being open, democratic, and autonomous.
Ekspert
No. 31
August 28, 2007
TEMPTED BY AUTHORITARIANISM
Why the West wants an authoritarian Russia
Author: Editorial
Russia […]