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Elections to the Russian Duma in 2016: relevant or a waste of time and money?

This article was written for the Unz Review: http://www.unz.com/tsaker/elections-to-the-russian-duma-in-2016/ Judging by the reactions in the western corporate media, the 2016 elections to the Russian Duma are basically a non-event: evil Putin kept his “grip on power”, all the parties in the Duma are basically under his control and no real opposition was allowed to emerge. Even in Russia, there are some who agree, but for different reasons. They say that

Gotcha! Of Those Who Want To Destroy Russia

In September, a Russian private TV channel REN.TV released a documentary that has immediately become a hit in Russia: Попались! Кто хочет развалить страну REV TV is known for their excellent investigative reporting in geopolitics, Russia’s political movements, and modern warfare. An investigation by the ren.tv reporters reveals the truth about the forces that are desperately trying to destroy our beloved Russia. What are those people? Who pays them and

Let’s lay down our arms, my fellow oppositionist (letter from a bona fide Putin hater)

Foreword from the Saker:  Today I am posting a really interesting document.  This is a open letter to her fellow “oppositionists” (from the Russian “oppositsioner” or “opponent”, in this case, a political opponent of Putin from the so-called non-system pro-US opposition, the folks who cannot even get a single deputy in the Duma because their rating is somewhere in 2-3% range) by a London based russophobic exile named Oksana Paksal

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