Protestant ethics in Russia?
Posted on July 16, 2008 - Filed Under Russia | Leave a Comment
The russiablog.org had a very interesting post by Nikolai N. Petro today. He argues that the young people have a stronger weberian protestant ethic than you find in Western Europe. Wikipedia quotes Max Weber as having written: In order that a manner of life well adapted to the peculiarities of the capitalism… could come to [...]
Arkhangelsk, maybe the last time?
Posted on July 15, 2008 - Filed Under Russia | Leave a Comment
This is just to give you a short update. The Barents Observer writes that the recount in Arkhangelsk must be a falsification. They report a rusnord.ru saying that News site Rusnord.ru has however approached the leaders of the ballot stations, all people with extensive experiences from former elections. They all underline that the original results [...]