Posts Tagged ‘ oligarchy ’

bm234 Kasparov and The Other Russia

November 14, 2007

Gary Kasparov is known for being a chess master. Now he is challenging the president of Russia for control of the country, calling it a battle to bring democracy back to the nation.  With the help of my guest, Olaf Koens, in Moscow, we look at the details of Kasparov that...

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More on Russian Oligarchy

More on Russian Oligarchy

March 7, 2007

As I periodically do on this blog, today I'm writing about how more and more obvious it becomes that the Russian Federation is run by an oligarchy. Not that its so unique, lots of nations are run by oligarchies, but let's stay on Russia today. Last weeks news that...

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