Re: Russian health care

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Doss wrote:

> Don't even get me started on the truly crap reporting on Russia that
> goes on in Western newspapers. For one thing, they interview the
> same goddamn people all the time. It's Yavlinsky, Khakamada,
> Chubais, yada yada yada over and over and over again (why? these
> people are pro-Western. They also speak English.). Has Zyuganov
> _ever_ been interviewed by the NYT, or Glazyev, or _any_ Russian
> politician below the presidential level who is actually popular?

Part of the problem is that few NYT reporters in Moscow actually
speak Russian beyond a rudimentary level. And even the occasional one
who does doesn't feel comfy with the popular characters you mention -
the pro-Western liberals are just their kind of people.

Doug