Welcome to LR Translations

This blog is a collection of original translations from the Russian press which were originally published on the Russia blog La Russophobe. Its contents are always expanding and are currently as follows (to read an article, simply click its link; to scroll and browse, open the blog archive for February in the sidebar; to search the contents, use the search window at the top [to return whole posts] or bottom [to return headlines] of the page):

CONTENT INDEX

By Topic

Neo-Soviet Crackdown (human rights, civil rights)

• Spare Organs
• Commissars of the Internet
• The Nashi Manifesto Revealed
  
• On Litvinenko, Politikovskaya and Gaidar
• On Litvinenko
• Dear President Putin
• Dear President Putin II
  
• The Saga of Larisa Arap
  
• Kremlin versus "Other Russia"
• Here Comes Oborona!
• Exposing Neo-Soviet TV News
• The Kremlin versus Oborona
• Happy Birthday, Mr. President!
• On the Trail of Politkovskaya's Killers
• Big Brother is Watching You
• Vladimir Bukovsky, a Real Russian Patriot
• Illarionov on Bhutto
• The Kremlin Crushes the Internet
• Latynina on Kasyanov
  

Imperialism

• Kremlin versus Tymoshenko
• The Nonsense of Empire Building
• The New Cold War
• Liablity for Chechnya
  

Russian Mindset (culture, attitudes)

• So Bad, it's Good!
• Made in the USSR
• A Window on the Russian Blogosphere
• Vladimir "Michael Moore" Putin
• Prison Camp Russia
• Imitation as the Russian National Idea
  

Historical-Philosophical Analysis

• Everything Old is New Again
• The Savior of the Motherland
• The Lie as National Idea
• Remembering Boris Yeltsin
• Estonia and Russian History
• The Lollipop Kid and Time Magazine
• Lies for the Youngest
• Humped and Dumped
  

Corruption

• The Wages of Putin
• How the Kremlin Buys its Defenders
• Approaching Zimbabwe
• The Nashi Elections Broadsheets
• The United Russia Shakedown
  

Economic Performance

• Evaluating Authoritarianism
• Illarionov on Russia's Future

By Russian Publication

Novaya Gazeta

• Spare Organs
• Dear President Putin
• Big Brother is Watching You

Kommersant

• Evaluating Authoritariansm
• The Nonsense of Empire Building

Gazeta.ru

• Vladimir "Michael Moore" Putin
• Prison Camp Russia
• Kremlin versus "Other Russia"

Yezhedevny Zhurnal

• On Litvinenko, Politkovskaya and Gaidar
• On Litvinenko
• So Bad, it's Good!
• Everything Old is New Again
• Remembering Boris Yeltsin
• Approaching Zimbabwe
• Illarionov on Russia's Future
• Exposing Neo-Soviet TV News
• The Saga of Larisa Arap
• Happy Birthday, Mr. President!
• On the Trail of Politkovskaya's Killers
• Imitation as the Russian National Idea
• Vladimir Bukovsky, a Real Russian Patriot
• The New Cold War
• The Nashi Elections Broadsheets
• Illarionov on Bhutto
• The Lollipop Kid and Time Magazine
• Lies for the Youngest
• Latynina on Kasyanov
• Humped and Dumped
• Dear President Putin II

Russkii Zhurnal

• Estonia and Russian History

Grani.ru

• The Savior of the Motherland
• The Kremlin Crushes the Internet

Rupor Info

• The Kremlin Crushes the Internet

Blogosphere

• A Window on the Russian Blogosphere
• How the Kremlin Buys its Defenders
• Commissars of the Internet
• Kremlin versus Tymoshenko
• Here Comes Oborona!
• The Nashi Manifesto Revealed
• The Kremlin versus Oborona
• The Wages of Putin
• Liablity for Chechnya
• The United Russia Shakedown

By Russian Author

Blant, Maksim

• Everything Old is New Again

Bronstein, Boris

• Dear President Putin

Danilin, Pavel

• Estonia and Russian History

Gazmanov, Oleg

• Made in the USSR

Gevorkan, Natalia

• Vladimir "Michael Moore" Putin
• Prison Camp Russia
• The Nashi Elections Broadsheets

Golts, Alexander

• Exposing Neo-Soviet TV News
• The New Cold War
• The Lollipop Kid and Time Magazine

Illarionov, Andrei

• Evaluating Authoritarianism
• Approaching Zimbabwe
• Illarionov on Russia's Future
• Illarionov on Bhutto

Kiselyov, Yevegeny

• Kremlin versus "Other Russia"

Kompromat.ru

• The Wages of Putin
  

Korolkov, Igor

• Spare Organs

Latynina, Yulia

• Remembering Boris Yeltsin
• Happy Birthday, Mr. President!
• On the Trail of Politkovskaya's Killers
• Big Brother is Watching You
• Latynina on Kasyanov

Milshtyn, Ilya

• The Savior of the Motherland

Nossik, Anton

• A Window on the Russian Blogosphere

Osobstov, Alexander

• On Litvinenko, Politkovskaya and Gaidar

Podrabinek, Alexander

• The Saga of Larisa Arap
• Imitation as the Russian National Idea
• Vladimir Bukovsky, a Real Russian Patriot

Polyanskaya, Anna

• Commissars of the Internet

Radzikhovskiy, Leonid

• On Litvinenko

Sidorov, Nicholai

• The Nonsense of Empire Building

Svanidze, Nikolai

• So Bad, it's Good!

By Translator

Original Translator

• Spare Organs
• Commissars of the Internet
• The Nashi Manifesto Revealed
• On Litvinenko, Politkovskaya and Gaidar
• So Bad, it's Good!
• Everything Old is New Again
• Remembering Boris Yeltsin
• Approaching Zimbabwe
• How the Kremlin Buys its Defenders
• Illarionov on Russia's Future
• Exposing Neo-Soviet TV News
• The Saga of Larisa Arap
• The Kremlin versus Oborona
• Imitation as the Russian National Idea
• Happy Birthday, Mr. President!
• On the Trail of Politkovskaya's Killers
• Vladimir Bukovsky, a Real Russian Patriot
• The New Cold War
• The Nashi Elections Broadsheets
• Liablity for Chechnya
• The United Russia Shakedown
• Illarionov on Bhutto
• The Lollipop Kid and Time Magazine
• Latynina on Kasyanov
• Humped and Dumped
• Dear President Putin II

S.S.

• Big Brother is Watching You
• The Kremlin Crushes the Internet

Dave Essel

• Evaluating Authoritarianism
• Estonia and Russian History
• The Wages of Putin
  

Vova Khavkin

• Dear President Putin
• A Window on the Russian Blogosphere
• The Savior of the Motherland
• The Nonsense of Empire Building
• Vladimir "Michael Moore" Putin
• Kremlin versus Tymoshenko
• Kremlin versus "Other Russia
• Prison Camp Russia

LR Staff

• Here Comes Oborona!
• Made in the USSR