Re: Roy Medvedev interview (on Putin) - edited

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Doss wrote:

>>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.<<

Of course I have the right. I have been studying Soviet society since
1967 and have read no less than 30 books on the topic ranging from Moshe
Lewin to Alec Nove. Admittedly, I haven't gone over to work for an
"alternative weekly" in the spirit of Russ Smith's "NY Press" but
nobody's perfect.

>>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'm crushed.

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