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Boris Kagarlitsky

Director of the Institute of Globalization and Social Movements in Moscow

Boris Kagarlitsky is a well-known international commentator on Russian politics and society. Boris was a deputy to the Moscow City Soviet between 1990-93, during which time he was a member of the executive of the Socialist Party of Russia, co-founder of the Party of Labour, and advisor to the Chairperson of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia.  Previously, he was a student of art criticism and was imprisoned for two years for 'anti-Soviet' activities.

Boris' books include Empire of the Periphery: Russia and the World System (Pluto Press, February 2008, Russia Under Yeltsin And Putin: Neo-Liberal Autocracy (TNI/Pluto 2002) and New Realism, New Barbarism: The Crisis of Capitalism (Pluto 1999).

Russian Political Economy; Medvedev, Putin and Yeltsin; Russian History; Globalisation & the Crisis of Capitalism; G8

Kagarlitsky won the Deutscher Memorial Prize for his book, The Thinking Reed: Intellectuals and the Soviet State (Verso 1988).

English, Russian

Boris Kagarlitsky writes regularly for The Moscow Times and Eurasian Home and is frequently interviewed for radio and television.

Selected publications: 
Empire of the Periphery
The Revolt of the Middle Class

Recent content by Boris Kagarlitsky

Russia's failure in the Olympic games (17 Mar 2010)

The authorities are looking for scapegoats for failure of the Russian team at the Olympics, but what is going on in sports is only an example of what is going on in other spheres of life - neoliberalism yields the same results no matter where it is applied.

Putin and Europe on the same crisis page (4 Mar 2010)

The
current wave of strikes across Europe are only a prelude to what will
come, as the ruling elite are not prepared to change their anti-crisis
policies that have merely supported the corporations that caused the
crisis.

The new opiate of the masses (23 Feb 2010)

If the new law recently passed by the State Duma goes into force, it will deliver a big blow to the Russian culture, education and public health.

“Freedom” – what a pleasant word! (28 Jan 2010)

If freedom is defined by a state’s non-participation in economic processes, as the Heritage Foundation suggests, then Haiti today would win first prize, as after the earthquake, it has no government at all.

The modernization trap (21 Jan 2010)

The peculiar form of capitalism that has developed in Russia is incompatible with modernization and democracy alike.

The anniversary of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova’s murders (14 Jan 2010)

On January 19, 2010 one year will pass since the murder of a human rights lawyer and an anarchist activist. This is the day of antifascist mobilization that will be observed every year.

Climate after Copenhagen (28 Dec 2009)

The reason for the failure in Copenhagen is clear - rather than discuss coordinated efforts, countries lobbied for their particular interests. Everything now depends on individual states and their respective blocs.

Default in Europe (16 Dec 2009)

The Euro zone crisis cannot be staved off. A building with the bad foundation cannot be durable.

This crisis will never end (10 Dec 2009)

Even if Russia manages to extricate itself from the economic crisis, the social disruptions that it has caused are here to stay.

The Fight Against Fascists (26 Nov 2009)

Ideological arguments in Russia are increasingly being settled through violent means.

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