All Posts Tagged With: "Yezhednevny Zhurnal"

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Putin’s Deceit

Former Yeltsin aide Georgy Satarov responds to Putin’s criticism that Russia’s popular anti-electoral fraud protests have no clear leader or message.

Dec 30, 2011 | Continued
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Victory Day, or a Holiday of Militarism?

Journalist and military expert Aleksandr Golts explores why Moscow insists on showing off its anitquated military equipment every Victory Day while failing to help bring society together with the natural feeling of unity the holiday evokes.

May 10, 2011 | Continued
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Anatoly Bershtein: Medvedev is Not a Proper Tsar

Writing for Yezhednevny Zhurnal, journalist Anatoly Bershtein explores how the history of the relationship between Russians and their leaders might affect the outcome of the 2012 presidential elections.

Apr 19, 2011 | Continued
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Latynina: February 1917 is in the Air

Writing for the Moscow Times, Yulia Latynina offers a scathing assessment of “Russia’s extraordinarily weak leaders.”

Mar 2, 2011 | Continued
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Russia: Freedom of Speech Online in 2010

Yezhednevny Zhurnal columnist Marianna Tishchenko discusses the various forms of pressure that the Russian authorities have used to stifle free speech on blogs and journals on the Russian Internet.

Feb 10, 2011 | Continued
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A Few Words About Methods

Satirist Victor Shenderovich comments on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s hypocrisy in a recent interview on CNN’s Larry King Live.

Dec 7, 2010 | Continued
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Yulia Latynina: Who Ordered Kashin’s Attack?

Yulia Latynina lays out the most likely perpetrators of the brutal attack on Kommersant journalist Oleg Kashin.

Nov 9, 2010 | Continued
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Venezuelan Parallels

Russian journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza comments on the recent, marked similarities between Russia and Venezuela – and what last week’s opposition victories in Venezuela might mean for their Russian counterparts.

Oct 6, 2010 | Continued
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In the War on Terrorism, Medvedev Follows in Putin’s Tracks

Yezhednevny Zhurnal columnists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan discuss why President Medvedev’s policy response to last week’s Moscow metro bombings will do nothing to prevent future terrorist attacks.

Apr 8, 2010 | Continued
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Kasparov: Russia’s European Choice

Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov sat down for a recent interview with the Yezhednevny Zhurnal newspaper to discuss why Russia needs to integrate with Europe and why the current political system has no hope for true reform. Exclusive translation by theotherrussia.org.

Feb 3, 2010 | Continued