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Russian Stereotypes: Western perception of Russia as seen through Russian’s...
Foreword. First of all it should be mentioned that speaking about ‘the West’ and ‘Russia’ as monolithic entities is...
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#Klyukvification: Representation of Russia(ns) in Western Popular Culture
Russian Stereotypes: Western Perception of Russia as seen through Russian’s eyes. Part II. Foreword. It should be noted here that by ‘Western popular culture’ I mean mainly...
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Russophobia: The Discreet Charm of Cultural Racism & the Legacy of Hate.
Russophobia vs. Westernophobia. Part I. Russophobia: The Discreet Charm of Cultural Racism & the Legacy of Hate. Foreword. The meaning of the word ‘Russophobia‘ is very broad and vague. For...
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Ushanka Syndrome, #SochiProblems & Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.
Russian Stereotypes: Western Perception of Russia as seen through Russian’s eyes. Part III. Through the Looking Glass: Western Media Coverage of Russia. Foreword. The first post on ‘Western media...
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Russia as the Ideal Other for the West
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son, the jaws that bite and claws that scratch Beware the jubjub bird and shun the frumious bandersnatch.“ Lewis Carroll, “Jabberwocky”. ❄❄❄ It is no use to blame the looking...
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The End of the Society of Nightclub?
When the Music is your special friend dance on fire as it intends Music is your only friend until the end… I was standing there in the Sun. Pondering. ‘There’ was near a mall. Big, ugly, red...
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#UkraineCrisis: From Identity Conflict to Civil War
The Identity Warfare in Ukraine. Caution! This post was randomly produced by the Russian totalitarian propaganda machine. It uses secret discourse techniques of tactical NLP developed by KGB in the...
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Quasi-Colonial Wet Dreams: The #PussyRiot Effect, TV Screen Russians &...
Russian Stereotypes: Western Perception of Russia as seen through Russian’s eyes. Part III. Through the Looking Glass: Western Media Coverage of Russia. Part 2. ❄❄❄ Challenge, and not desire, lies at...
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Fire the Narrator: Quasi-Colonial Nightmare, Russian #DoubleConsciousness &...
Russian Stereotypes: Western Perception of Russia as seen through Russian’s eyes. Part III. Through the Looking Glass: Western Media Coverage of Russia. Part 3. [Pt. 1, Pt. 2]. ❄❄❄ Even the most...
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Fyodor #Dostoyevsky on the #Slavic Question
Fyodor Dostoyevsky‘s Diary (1877, November). Some Quite Special Remarks about the Slavs That I Intended to Make Long Ago. Incidentally, I’ll make a few special remarks about the Slavs and the Slavic...
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky “My Paradox” (Extract)
Again a tussle with Europe (oh, it’s not a war yet: they say that we – Russia, that is – are still a long way from war). Again the endless Eastern Question is in the news; and again in Europe they are...
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Russia & the West: Vodka vs Caviar, or the Eternal Opposition?
Russia & the West. Pt. IV: Vodka vs Caviar, or the Eternal Opposition? §1. Vodkaviar. Again a tussle with Europe (oh, it’s not a war yet: they say that we – Russia, that is – are still a long way...
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