Kim Zigfeld

Kim Zigfeld is a New York City-based writer who blogs at the Pajamas Media Network blog Publius Pundit and publishes her own Russia specialty blog, La Russophobe. She also writes for Russia! magazine and is researching a book on the rise of dictatorship in Putin’s Russia.

Putin Cracks Down on ‘Extremist’ Russian Art

Saturday, June 13th, 2009 - by Kim Zigfeld

A violent clampdown on freedom of expression is in full swing in Russia.

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The New York Times on Moldova: Twits, Not Tweets

Saturday, April 25th, 2009 - by Kim Zigfeld

Wishing to bolster its own ad revenues, the Times falsely claimed that Moldovans used Twitter to rally the masses against the reelection of a Communist government.

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Medvedev, Obama, and the Rule of Law

Friday, April 3rd, 2009 - by Kim Zigfeld

If our president isn't willing to call out Russia on its human rights abuses, why shouldn't the Kremlin think it can, quite literally, get away with murder?

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It’s the Russians, Stupid

Thursday, March 19th, 2009 - by Kim Zigfeld

It's up to the GOP to work to prevent a neo-Soviet state in Russia: the Obama administration certainly won't.

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Russia Snubs Obama Overture

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 - by Kim Zigfeld

The president badly bungled his first effort at relations with Moscow.

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Obama Hopelessly Adrift on Foreign Policy

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 - by Kim Zigfeld

Monday's press conference was one of the most frightening in presidential history.

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Surprise: Political Murders Continue in Russia

Sunday, February 1st, 2009 - by Kim Zigfeld

It's time for Western leaders, including Barack Obama, to demand a stop to Putin's thuggery.

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Standing Up to Putin

Friday, December 19th, 2008 - by Kim Zigfeld

Roman Dobrokhotov is just the latest in a line of young heroes who have stood against the neo-Sovietization of Russia.

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Who Really Started the Russian-Georgian Conflict?

Friday, November 28th, 2008 - by Kim Zigfeld

Leaks from a report by a group investigating Moscow's aggression add fuel to a controversy.

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Is Wired Magazine’s ‘Military Correspondent’ a Kremlin Dupe? (Part 2)

Sunday, September 21st, 2008 - by Kim Zigfeld

More evidence that we should take Russia-Georgia reporting by David Axe with a grain of salt.

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