As Russia’s lone aircraft carrier prepares to steam from the Arctic to a Russian-operated naval base in Syria, Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Minister, is on the attack, warning against outside military intervention in Syria’s slow motion civil war. “It’s not so much the authorities, but armed groups that are provoking the unrest,” Lavrov told reporters […]
Syria: Russia Clings to Legacy of Soviet Ties in Arab World
Posted November 29th, 2011 at 7:30 pm (UTC+0)
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Russia: Ground Shifting Under Putin’s Feet?
Posted November 18th, 2011 at 7:09 am (UTC+0)
The other evening, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sketched out his vision of Putin 2.0. Speaking to the Valdai Club, an annual gathering of foreign and Russian academics and journalists, he offered a gradualist, evolutionary path for ruling Russia through what will be his 60s. Like many men of his age, Mr. Putin dwelled on […]
Russia’s Red and Blacks: A Tale of Two Generations
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 6:41 pm (UTC+0)
This is a tale of Moscow’s two demonstrations — first the Nationalists, then the Communists , It is not just a tale of the Blacks and the Reds, but a tale of two generations. “Russkii Sport” chanted one flying squad of nationalists. And, on signal, they threw themselves horizontal on the cold, gray asphalt, pumping […]
Russian Nationalists Aim Double Standard Critique at Muslim South
Posted November 7th, 2011 at 7:08 pm (UTC+0)
Nicole, a Moscow State Linguistics University journalism student, showed up for dinner Sunday night, a bundle of energy, ready to interview me for her thesis. I was more interested in what she had to say, so I asked if anyone had approached her on the 10 minute walk from Kievskaya metro station to the Georgian […]
