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The Kremlin’s self-confidence stems from the country’s stable economic growth for seven straight years, but it is to be seen if there…
Boris Kagarlitsky
Boris Yulyevich Kagarlitsky (born 29 August 1958) is a Russian Marxist theoretician and sociologist who has been a political dissident in the Soviet Union. He is coordinator of the Transnational Institute Global Crisis project and Director of the Institute of Globalization and Social Movements (IGSO) in Moscow. Kagarlisky hosts a YouTube channel Rabkor, associated with his online newspaper of the same name and with IGSO.
Internationally the war is a big blow for the US, at least in Central Europe and the Caucasus. It has suddenly shown…
Fortunately, the Russia-Georgia war was short-lived, but its repercussions will be felt for longer. By defeating Georgia and showing that Washington was…
The Russian parliament is set to gather on Monday to decide whether to officially recognise the breakaway Georgian states, which risks deepening…
When Vladimir Putin was president, he liked to give short, somewhat ironic answers to difficult questions. In 2000, for example, when U.S.…
Who would think that a banal song contest like Eurovision can trigger new round of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. When…
The Russian labour code, written to suit the interests of employers, has pushed workers to unite and oppose its draconian terms. Recently…
The world recession might ruin Putin’s intricate plans to maintain control of the country from his new position as prime minister. It…
The failures of the European left do not derive from the lack of popular support, but from the absence of a programme…
Once a strong state was in place to secure the oligarchs’ freshly acquired assets, the keys are ceremoniously handed over to the…