Boris Kagarlitsky

  • RUSSIA: Is there life for KPRF after Yeltsin?

    The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), the child of Gennady Zyuganov, might to almost the same degree be called the child of Boris Yeltsin. Throughout the entire period from 1993 to 1999 the party had a clearly

  • The suicide of

    The suicide of New Left ReviewFor 40 years, New Left Review was a symbol for the radical intelligentsia throughout the world. Now, this journal is no more. There is another journal which bears the same name, but it is

  • RUSSIA: After Putin's coronation

    Russia: After Putin's coronationMOSCOW — In the Russian drama, a new act is beginning. Since the financial collapse of 1998, the “oligarchs” have recognised that the system they have created cannot survive

  • RUSSIA: Kagarlitsky — Everyone loses in 2000 election

    Russia: Everyone loses in 2000 electionMOSCOW — The official results of the March 26 Russian presidential election were no surprise. Former president Boris Yeltsin's handpicked successor, Vladimir Putin, won in the first

  • Kagarlitsky: How I became an enemy of the state

    A few months ago I was simply a political analyst. However, since March, I have stepped back into a role I had almost forgotten — that of coordinator of an informal political movement, in this case to organise a boycott of the Russian presidential election.

  • 'Bear' wins, Yeltsin departs

    MOSCOW — The campaigning for the December 19 elections to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament, was notable for the listlessness of everyone who took part. It was not simply that the various candidates and

  • 'Putinism' and the war in Chechnya

    MOSCOW — While continuing its war in the Caucasus, Russia is due later in December to elect the national parliament. Few people show much interest in the elections. The numerous parties and blocs have had trouble scraping

  • Chechnya: Russia's 'East Timor'

    In the East there is a proverb: "Don't brag when you're on your way to war". Russian President Boris Yeltsin's generals have obviously never come across this saying. They still have not won a major battle in

  • Yeltsin forever

    MOSCOW — Early in September, the main theme of political forecasts in Russia was the supposedly imminent resignation of President Boris Yeltsin. Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of Yeltsin, however, regarded all this

  • Russia and NATO's war

    MOSCOW — After what has happened to thousands of Albanians in Kosova, it is hard to argue that the West has helped them. Washington can put on a brave face while declaring that they anticipated everything and that the

  • Students radicalising in Russia

    MOSCOW — The left in Russia is not extremely popular among young people, but this does not mean that neo-liberalism is. During the '90s, young people, students in particular, earned the reputation of being very apolitical. It