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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.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Twisting facts

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Kenneth Rogoff is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Harvard University, and was formerly chief economist at the IMF. He wrote an a...
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Monday, June 26, 2006

Oil Addiction

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A week ago USA Today published an editorial titled “Oil Addiction”. The author laments that oil addiction makes US government too soft of di...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Circles of Hate

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Kirill Pankratov wrote a review of Gary Shteyngart’s book “Absurdistan ” in eXile. Here are some of his thoughts about peculiarities of Amer...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Curious statistics

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Causes of death per 100 thousand of population from 1980 till 2005. Green – accidental alcohol poisoning Red – homicides Yellow – suicides B...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

The essence of Russia

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This is a real gem. I don't know how much time it took Robert to write this wonderful column but he caught the the very essence of Russi...
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Thursday, May 25, 2006

More on Cold War 2

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I already wrote how Dick “Sharpshooter” Cheney gave Russia a very powerful signal – what it should really do to become democratic. Mark Ames...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Desiphering Putin

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Another mysterious Putin’s joke nobody could decipher. A year ago when talking about Polish president Kwasnevki – who said, “ Russia withou...
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