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Month: July 2019
Spy Sub Down: How a Secret Russian Nuclear Submarine Caught Fire
July 6, 2019
Spy Sub Down: How a Secret Russian Nuclear Submarine Caught Fire
What we know at the moment.
Коротко о событиях в черкесском мире за неделю, тематические обзоры, авторские колонки, экспертные статьи 6 / 7 / 2019
Коротко о событиях в черкесском мире за неделю, тематические обзоры, авторские колонки, экспертные статьи 6 / 7 / 2019
«Мартина не сажать надо было, а использовать его потенциал»
Руководитель общественной организации «Хабзэ» Мартин Кочесоко, находящийся под домашним арестом по делу о хранении наркотиков, попросил главу Следственного комитета по КБР привлечь к уголовной ответственности сотрудников правоохранительных органов, участвовавших в его задержании. Адвокат Тимур Хутов заявил, что «защита намерена добиваться объективного расследования и привлечения всех виновных в фальсификации [«дела Кочесоко»] к уголовной ответственности». Read more
Submarine Disaster Made Worse by Kremlin’s Power to Maintain Secrecy, Pastukhov Says
Friday, July 5, 2019
Submarine Disaster Made Worse by Kremlin’s Power to Maintain Secrecy, Pastukhov Says
Paul Goble
Staunton, July 4 – The death of naval personnel in the latest submarine disaster is a human tragedy and should not be transformed into a political battle between those who believe in the government and those who don’t, Vladimir Pastukhov, a London-based Russian political commentator.
But that doesn’t mean that the event and the way it is being handled by the powers that be is not an appropriate time to focus on another tragedy, the absence of divisions of power which ensure that more than one side will investigate what happened and report accordingly, he continues (echo.msk.ru/programs/personalnovash/2456323-echo/). Read more
‘Regional Separatism Now Most Horrifying Threat for Moscow,’ Matveyev Says
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
‘Regional Separatism Now Most Horrifying Threat for Moscow,’ Matveyev Says
Paul Goble
Staunton, July 1 – Over the last six months, Pavel Matveyev says, not only has the worst not happened but there are signs of real improvement in the mentality of Russians, many of whom are shifting from being merely residents of Russia who accept whatever is done to them to being citizens who demand a say in what the authorities do.
This process is still in its infancy, the Moscow commentator says; and the powers that be will certainly try to strangle it in its cradle. But no one can deny it is occurring and increasingly becoming something the authorities cannot fail to take note of. It may even explain why some of the worst things haven’t happened (kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5D190E2400E12). Read more
Decade of Relative Stability in North Caucasus Coming to an End, Neroznikova Says
Friday, July 5, 2019
Decade of Relative Stability in North Caucasus Coming to an End, Neroznikova Says
Paul Goble
Staunton, July 3 – The decade of relative stability in the North Caucasus, a period during which the authorities were not able to resolve “the basic problem of the region,” the clash between Islamic fundamentalism and a corrupt and lawless civil power, is rapidly coming to an end, according to Yekaterina Neroznikova, a journalist who has long worked in the region.
She tells Sovershenno Sekretno commentator Anton Krivenyuk that there are likely to be leadership changes in Daghestan and Chechnya as well as more corruption scandals and that these things will only exacerbate the underlying problems of a region that remains divided into “ethnic quarters” (sovsekretno.ru/articles/kto-mozhet-rabotat-toporom-/). Read more
Flags Increasingly Important Symbols of Protest against Moscow and for What It Stands, Luzin Says
Friday, July 5, 2019
Flags Increasingly Important Symbols of Protest against Moscow and for What It Stands, Luzin Says
Paul Goble
Staunton, July 3 – Politics begins, as Carl Schmitt reminds, when someone identifies those against which one is fighting, Pavel Luzin says; and in that process of definition, visual symbols, like the flags and banners protesters use, are critically important as a natural development of opposition to the Kremlin.
As one flag displaces another or a new flag enters the scene, the regionalist writer argues, this process will be “a tectonic shift” in the country and “a symbolic act of separation by citizens from the Russian powers that be and from Moscow as such which up to now has imposed its symbols on people” (region.expert/flags/). Read more