Tag Archives: Putin

Do we need to reactivate the word “defenestration”?

Posted on September 10, 2022 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: The last leader of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, passed away at the same hospital where the chairman of Russia’s second largest oil producer, who had called for a speedy end to the war in Ukraine, fell … Continue reading →

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What happens if you dis the State?

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Naomi

Depends on which State you’re dissing, and which part of It. From Harper’s Weekly Review: A Russian rock musician was charged with discrediting the army after declaring onstage that “the motherland, friends, is not the president’s ass that should be … Continue reading →

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Yo Vlad! You want to talk about “cancel culture”?

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Vladimir Putin complained that Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Rachmaninov were victims of cancel culture. I don’t know what what Putin thinks he’s getting at about Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Shostakovich, however, is a different matter — except what … Continue reading →

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