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"Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem." The universal methodological principle, known as Okkam's razor, says "Entities are not to be multiplied above the necessary." I try to use this principle to understand Russia - if there is a more simple way to explain something, then this way should be closer to truth than a more complex one.

Monday, February 28, 2005

Comparing a five-kopeck coin to a salted cucumber

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Masha Gessen’s column in The Moscow Times was devoted to yet another pathetic attempt of pro-government activists to start yet another yout...
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Sunday, February 27, 2005

New Pankratov's Article

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Here's a new article by Pankratov "Absolute Ass-lund". No one writes better better about 'Harvard androids' specializi...
Friday, February 25, 2005

Izvestia's coverage of Beslan

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Neeka blogging from Neeka’s Backlog wrote: “Sadly, Izvestia's previous editor, Raf Shakirov, was forced to resign in September 2004, af...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

What's the problem with Russians? We are not Greenskins.

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I always notice that Europeans and Americans are so tactful and considerate when they make generalizations about culture and lifestyles of d...
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Friday, February 18, 2005

What Putin did wrong in Yukos case

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More news from the revolutionary Ukraine. The BBC News reports: Ukraine revisits state sell-offs. The new President, Viktor Yushchenko, has...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Dividing Chechnya into several parts?

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Andy posted some interesting thoughts about my remarks about peaceful solutions for Chechnya. I have to comment about the idea of dividing...
Friday, February 11, 2005

Agenda for Peace Negotiations in Chechnya?

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‘The Christian Science Monitor’ published an article “Calm before the Chechen storm? Rebels urge Russia to peace talks before Feb. 22 cease-...
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