Archive for the ‘Russia’ Category
December 22nd, 2011
by Harold Pollack
Mark Kleiman and I go Bloggingheads on drugs and HIV in the Russian Federation, poppy eradication in Afghanistan, Mexican drug violence, dealing with drug users and drug sellers in United States.
Posted: Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 at
3:17 pm
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November 15th, 2011
by Harold Pollack
And yeah, maybe “czar” isn’t the best nomenclature here….
Posted: Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 at
7:50 am
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April 1st, 2011
by Keith Humphreys
Posted: Friday, April 1st, 2011 at
2:42 am
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October 2nd, 2010
by James Wimberley
Ilya Repin´s painting of Volga boatmen is not one of serfs.
Posted: Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 at
9:43 am
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January 12th, 2010
by James Wimberley
Whatever Manzi thinks, Europe does not stop at the Urals,.
Posted: Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at
7:54 am
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March 4th, 2009
by Mark Kleiman
Could it have been to help Medvedev in his power struggle with Putin? If so, I approve.
Posted: Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 at
12:21 am
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December 9th, 2008
by James Wimberley
The Bronze Horseman and the Summum case.
Posted: Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 at
12:04 pm
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September 29th, 2008
by Jonathan Kulick
Ahh, the Russian press. Making the Washington Times look nonpartisan since 2000. Kommersant, in an item about the first presidential debate headlined “Obama Foresees New President for Georgia,” writes At the same time, Obama called Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili a weak figure politically and forecasted that Georgia would have a new president because of it. [...]
Posted: Monday, September 29th, 2008 at
7:42 am
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September 2nd, 2008
by James Wimberley
Has Russia a reversion right to Alaska?
Posted: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 at
4:45 pm
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May 1st, 2008
by Jonathan Kulick
The standoff in Abkhazia continues, and the rhetoric escalates. Whether arms and men are also building up, I couldn’t tell you, but you can find someone to posit whatever you want to be true. Russia started this latest dustup in reaction to NATO’s assuring Georgia of an offer of membership…some day. (By the Caucasian version [...]
Posted: Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at
11:11 am
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