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STATE AND REVOLUTION 2.0

STATE AND REVOLUTION 2.0

It is time to get to work, the “time of reaction” should not be spent in vain because this is the very epoch that could and should establish a constitutional soft for the future builders of the Russian state

Russian public thought has lost its way in broad daylight among The State, The Revolution and The Constitution. The liberals desire to have a constitutional state, but they are afraid of revolution, justly believing that they will be the first who will be wiped off the face of the earth. The conservatives want to prevent a revolution at any cost, but they have to sacrifice the constitution for the sake of consolidation of a repressive police state what will lead the country to a revolution sooner or later. Hopeless (desperate) radicals from both parts suggest burning the hateful country (left-wing) and the harmful constitution (right-wing) in the fire of revolution not to beat the brains anymore. Being unable to solve this problem, our civil society has fallen into a stupor and it is watching in horror the country plunge into chaos.

However it is possible to get out of this magic political forest only if it will be admitted that the aim of revolution is formation of a new state rather than destruction of the old one. The revolution is not only a destroying might, but also an enormous creating power.

Vladimir PastukhovDoctor of political sciences, St.Antony College, Oxford

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Investigations

15 april 2013 16:33

A right to answer

To the Chief Editor of the Publishing House RID "Novaya Gazeta" Mr. Dmitry Muratov for publication of response of Oscar Augusto Cedeño to the article of Roman Anin dated 20.11.2011 "Suspicious activity report. How does the global laundering machine work? "

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Putin Without Oil
30 april 2012 16:35

Putin Without Oil

The traditional Prime Minister’s farewell speech delivered to the state Duma by Vladimir Putin was for the most part, boring with one major exception. He listed various programs, projects and promises, but never once indicated that they are only feasible if oil prices continue to rise year on year. The problem is that Russia’s economic dependence on the oil trade is not just important, it is critical

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