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During the elections, the Russian observers could not fail to notice a huge number of violations, but they gave the impression that…
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.
It was clear from the outset that President Vladimir Putin’s second term would differ markedly from his first. Even the legion of…
Early this Summer, the Kremlin has been cleaning house in the so-called power agencies (siloviki). The firing of General Anatoly Kvashnin as…
The Communist Party’s leaders have always been prone to optimism. When they were told of an impending crisis in their ranks, they…
With American elections approaching, the whole world is waiting. Americans are voting, but every other country knows that its future in one…
However, Khodorkovsky’s position remains diametrically opposed to that of the authorities. The out-of-favor oligarch says that business generally is guilty before the…
By publishing his “Crisis of Liberalism in Russia” article in Vedomosti, Mikhail Khodorkovsky clearly intended to stir up some debate. And heated…
Pogroms have once more rocked the Balkans. This time, rioting Kosovar Albanians destroyed Serbian homes and burned Orthodox churches. The enlightened West…
The presidency has been regarded as the apex of any politician’s career ever since its introduction to Russia. Yet the upcoming presidential…
With the Russian parliamentary elections over, the pro-Kremlin “United Russia†party with its more than 36% of votes looks like the only…