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Market Matters: As Conflict Ends, Markets on Road to Recovery
After tumbling to its lowest point in almost two years on Tuesday, Russia's MICEX Index began to slowly claw its way back over the rest of the week, suggesting a possible end to the volatility that has plagued the country's markets since tensions erupted between Russia and Georgia on Aug. 8.
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
Updated at 03 September 2008 23:22 Moscow Time
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The Moscow Times » Opinion
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Op-Ed Contributor: Building a Strong Georgia
Given the tremendous damage that Russia has inflicted on Georgia, it is easy to conclude that the Kremlin has achieved its objectives. But, so far, the Kremlin has failed in its real goal -- getting rid of pro-U.S. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.
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Boris Kagarlitsky: Blame Capitalism, Not Medvedev
Whenever a writer promises to ""reveal the truth behind recent events,"" he usually digs up the latest conspiracy theory or divulges ""inside information"" that explains how key decisions were made.
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Op-Ed Contributor: There Is No Such Thing as Post-Soviet Space
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, it has seemed that new rules were being established for the conduct of international relations in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The watchwords were independence and interdependence; sovereignty and mutual responsibility; cooperation and common interests. They are good words that need to be defended.
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Op-Ed Contributor: The SCO's Rising Power
One of most discussed aspects of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Dushanbe over the weekend was the third point of the summit declaration devoted to the situation in South Ossetia.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Georgia Splits the Kremlin
To Our Readers The Moscow Times welcomes letters to the editor. Letters for publication should be signed and bear the signatory's address and telephone number. Letters to the editor should be sent by fax to (7-495) 232-6529, by e-mail to oped@imedia.ru, or by post. The Moscow Times reserves the right to edit letters. Email the Opinion Page Editor The Georgia crisis revealed a new strategic force in the Kremlin that opposes both Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev. We still cannot name its players, but we are aware of its interests and impact on events in the same way that astronomers discern a new but invisible planet by recording its impact on known and visible objects in space. One after another, loyal Kremlin pundits have appeared on television and radio to denounce ""provokers,"" whom they dare not name, for ""planning the incursion of Russian troops all the way to Tbilisi and the establishment there of a pro-Russian government."" The line in the sand that U.S. President George W.
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Mark H. Teeter: Show Russia the Good Side
September is upon us, and millions of Russian and American students, from fresh-scrubbed schoolchildren to grizzled doctoral candidates, are dutifully filing back into the halls of academe to resume the class struggle.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Stalin's Poison Pills
A lot of attention was focused on the symbolic importance when Russian forces occupied Gori, the birthplace of Stalin. Few reflected, however, that this conflict, like many others in the post-Soviet states, is the product of what many in business call ""poison pills,"" arrangements that make it difficult, if not dangerous, for anyone to try to takeover or even change the basic arrangements of another firm.
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Anders Aslund: Leonid Kuchma Built a Prosperous Ukraine
On Aug. 9, Leonid Kuchma turned 70 years old. For 10 years, from 1994 until 2004, he was the president of Ukraine. He arrived as the savior of his nation, but the Orange Revolution ended his second term. His legacy is rich but multifaceted.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Putin's Gold Medal War
What does the ""Olympics War,"" otherwise known as Russia's invasion of Georgia, really mean? The war itself, of course, was predicable and predicted. Its results are equally clear.
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Alexei Bayer: The Age of Solzhenitsyn
Post-Soviet Russia is a curious place. It revels in unbridled jingoism that Soviet propaganda would have envied while renaming streets to honor dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn. But these may not be so incompatible after all.
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Vladimir Frolov: How Pique and Spite Can Destroy Relations
The failure of Moscow and Washington to communicate over the conflict in Georgia has led to a rhetorical race that now threatens to shatter the U.S.-Russian relationship. Personal pique and spite have begun to cloud the leaders' judgment.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Deadly Caucasus Avalanche
An avalanche that buries a town starts from a single rock rolling down the mountain. It is like the single spark that sets a forest ablaze. When the avalanche is crashing down the side of the mountain, we do not spend a lot of time thinking about how it started. Our first instinct is to run away from the danger.
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Michele A. Berdy: When Leaving Is Not Quite Leaving
Every year as August approaches, I cross my fingers and hope that this month, so cursed for Russia, will pass peacefully without military, economic, social or political disasters. For a few years, August wasn't too bad. But this year, the curse is back.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Predicting the Next Aug. 17
What is there about modern-day Russia and the month of August? Each year it is rare that the month passes without Moscow finding itself caught up in some history-making event. This year it is the war with Georgia.
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Boris Kagarlitsky: Russia's Upside in the Georgia Conflict
Fortunately, the Russia-Georgia war was short-lived, but its repercussions will be felt for quite a long time. By defeating Georgia and showing that Washington was unable to defend its own ally, Russia humiliated the United States in front of the whole world.
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Konstantin Sonin: A Tried and True Diversion Tactic
In any country -- whether it is democratic or authoritarian -- politicians in power do everything they can to make citizens pay more attention to foreign policy issues and less to domestic ones. The reason is simple: it is easier to manipulate people when the issue is abstract and remote.
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Mark H. Teeter: Still Going for Their Gold
Several months after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, I spent an evening at a congenial Washington tavern with some visiting Russian scholars and a few local friends.
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Georgy Bovt: Medvedev's Toughest Presidential Test
It was bound to happen at some point -- President Dmitry Medvedev would have to face the difficult test of responding to a serious crisis. It came last week, when Georgia attacked South Ossetia with a barrage of Grad truck-fired missiles.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Russia Has Crossed the Line
In weeks and years past, each of us has argued that Russia was pursuing a policy of regime change toward Georgia and its pro-Western, democratically elected president, Mikheil Saakashvili.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Georgia Caused This War
The war in South Ossetia must be understood for what it really is -- Georgia's one-sided escalation of the conflict. This places full responsibility for the bloodshed on Georgia's side.
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Yulia Latynina: Gulliver's Battles
Late Thursday night, after destroying as much of Tskhinvali as it could with truck-mounted missiles, the Georgian military took control of the city.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Stalinism Was Just as Bad as Nazism
Last week, Russia furiously attacked President George W. Bush for his statement that, ""In the 20th century, the evils of Soviet communism and Nazi fascism were defeated and freedom spread around the world as new democracies emerged.""
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Boris Kagarlitsky: Pyrrhic Olympic Victory for China
For China's leaders, the 2008 Summer Olympic Games were supposed to mark the country's incredible achievements -- a testament to the Celestial Empire's rebirth as a modern world power. Some observers even speak of China as the next global leader that will soon eclipse the waning power and influence of the United States.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Moscow's Triangular Diplomacy
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Over three decades ago Richard Nixon pioneered a ""triangular diplomacy"" by forming two separate alliances with China and the Soviet Union, which had adversarial relations with each other in the early 1970s.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Kazakhstan at Crossroads in Space
The politics of space are frequently eclipsed by the politics of energy, and yet disruptions in the satellite world can often have unforeseen consequences. There is a certain danger whenever you take either pipelines or satellites for granted.
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Mark H. Teeter: A Summer of Discontent
You call this summer? The calendar says we're in the ""dog days,"" a steamy-scorchy period in which the ancient Greeks claimed ""the seas boiled, wine turned sour and dogs grew mad."" In Moscow's recent weather, the dogs aren't even mildly upset.
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Georgy Bovt: King of the Hill
With all of the tremendous political weight that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accumulated over the last eight years, he has the rare ability to wreak havoc on financial markets with only one short phrase.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Ending the Silent EU War
There has been little mutual trust lately between the governments of Russia and the European Union. Diplomatic relations between Britain and the Kremlin are at a low since Alexander Litvenenko was murdered -- allegedly by a Russian agent -- in London in 2006.
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Anders Aslund: WTO Can Place Russia on the Right Track
The World Trade Organization's Doha round on further trade liberalization has just fallen apart in Geneva. Does that mean that Russia's application for WTO membership is now a nonissue? On the contrary, the WTO remains relevant regardless of whether or not further liberalization proceeds.
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Alexander Golts: Dance of the Mad Swans
If you were to believe what is written in the Russian-language media, you would think that this country is on the verge of war -- not with tiny Georgia, but with the big United States.
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Fyodor Lukyanov: Lessons From Bosnia
The arrest of Radovan Karadzic, who bears a significant portion of responsibility for the horrors of the civil war in Bosnia, is an appropriate ending to his political career.
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Editorial: Good Theater Is Bad for the Stock Market
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's invective last week against Mechel sent shares in the coal and steel major tumbling. The immediate fallout from the prime minister's public accusations of price fixing saw the value of Mechel's capitalization plummet by $6 billion.
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Alexei Pankin: Hoping for a Better August This Year
President Dmitry Medvedev's first August in office is approaching. Ever since the putsch attempt against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in August 1991, Russians have awaited this month with anxiety. For some reason, the worst catastrophes seem to occur in August.
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Vladimir Frolov: UN Veto Poorly Handled
Whether by accident or design, a badly thought-out decision on an international issue of minor importance to Russia has renewed the confusion in Western capitals as to who is really in charge in Moscow.
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Alexei Bayer: Traffic Police Reflect Russia's Value System
My cousin once took her husband, a New York City narcotics detective, to her native Moscow. Late one night, as they chatted with friends on a boulevard, her husband took a walk to a nearby bush to answer the call of nature. There, he was promptly detained by a group of three police officers.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Russia's Engine Is Stalling
Investors across Russia could be excused for missing the controversial economic data that came out on Monday. Unlike its Western counterparts, the State Statistics Service prefers not to preannounce release times.
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Boris Kagarlitsky: Capitalism in One State
When Vladimir Putin was president, he liked to give short, somewhat ironic answers to difficult questions. In 2000, for example, when U.S. television talk show host Larry King asked him what happened to the Kursk, Putin answered, ""It sank.""
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