tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628163199720239796.post529272372722970374..comments2023-05-31T09:05:13.729-04:00Comments on Russian History: The Return of PutinIgorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17917582041200570117noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2628163199720239796.post-1667880808734052222011-10-06T11:18:57.156-04:002011-10-06T11:18:57.156-04:00There was an interesting article by Kathy Lally in...There was an interesting article by Kathy Lally in a recent edition of the Washington Post, <a href="http://thewashingtonpost.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx" rel="nofollow">Pretending Putin Doesn't Exist</a>. (I am not sure that it is still viewable). Anyway, the reporter commented upon the efforts of a select few in Ekaterinburg to construct elements of civil society and also to protect citizens from the corrupt local officials.Igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17917582041200570117noreply@blogger.com