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Re: Roy Medvedev interview (on Putin) - edited
Roy Medvedev = brilliant historian who, for some reason, seems to support the most popular Russian leader since the tsarist era, you know, the guy who has presided over a more rapid growth of living standards than any General Secretary of the Soviet Union ever.
Louis Proyect = a guy who thinks that Dagestanis like being invaded by mujaheedin from Chechnya and similar absurdities, probably believes that Ivan Shapovalov is a Bolshevik leader, and, despite knowing absolutely jack about contemporary Russia, somehow thinks he has the right to make authoritative comments about it. Incidentally, you got the name of the band wrong in your review of Brat. There is no band called Nautilus. There _was_ a very good rock band from Piter, headed by Vladimir Petkun, by the name of Nautilus Pompilus. Calling NP Nautilus is like calling the Rolling Stones the "Rollings".
I go with Roy.
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Louis Proyect Thu 13 May 2004, 22:44 GMT
- Re: Roy Medvedev interview (on Putin) - edited,
Waistline2 Thu 13 May 2004, 22:31 GMT
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- Comments on Hitchens versus Nader,
Louis Proyect Thu 13 May 2004, 20:04 GMT
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Charles Brown Thu 13 May 2004, 19:50 GMT
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