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June 11, 2008 in eXile Blog
 The War Nerd talks about babies, the greatest weapon of the 20th century.
May 28, 2008 in eXile Blog
 A website for Russian kids to learn all about President Medvedev's passion for school, sports and family.
May 22, 2008 in eXile Blog
 If this girl was exposed to Jeffersonian democracy...
May 20, 2008 in Face Control
 Yet another hot Russian babe imitating the Catpower look...
May 20, 2008 in Face Control
 Sure, the Ottomans shut down the Istanbul Slavic slave markets centuries ago...
May 15, 2008 in Face Control
 The priest is going, "Father Sansei is very impressed with grasshopper Sasha’s...
May 15, 2008 in Face Control
 We took the Pepsi Challenge here...
May 15, 2008 in Face Control
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Kirill Pankratov38 ARTICLES
 February 27, 2008 Liars Without Borders World
Is Russia as dangerous to journalists as some would have you believe? If you look at the way the stats are collected, then you begin to wonder...
 January 29, 2008 The Hand that Counts the Vote World
"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." Stalin's sinister aphorism is as true today as it was more than a century ago. Take Georgia, Russia, and even America as an example...
 October 12, 2007 Ukraine: Why Yulia Tymoshenko Is A Political Zero Russia
There was another election in Ukraine last Sunday. If you feel confused, bored, or have a sense of deja vu, you are excused. The whole world is getting tired of these endless elections, as are Ukrainians themselves.
 October 1, 2007 The Novgorod Affair Russia
Was a blogger with an axe to grind personally responsible for the resignation of Novgorod's governor, Mikhail Prusak? It seems ridiculous. But as Kirill explains, it's probably true.
May 18, 2007 Snapping Up Kosovo For A Song Unfiled
Kosovo is about to achieve independence, a move which could, and should, trigger a series of events that the West won't like...
April 20, 2007 Ukraine’s 1993 Moment? Unfiled
Kirill Pankratov offers the only bullshit-free analysis of what's really going on in Ukraine today, as the Orange Revolution turns Blue...
February 8, 2007 Another Death In London Unfiled
Ilya Kormiltsev, lyricist for Nautilius Pompilius, died in London last week. As Kirill Pankratov writes, he was the last of his breed, a perestroika-era post-punk genius, and Russia has no idea how badly it will miss him.
 December 1, 2006 Toxic Avenger? Feature Story
"Whodunnit?" That's the 64,000 kopek question the Western press answered before they knew what the fuck they were talking about. As Kirill Pankratov explains, every theory over who poisoned Litvinenko falls apart under scrutiny...
November 3, 2006 The Last SUPper of Russian blogs? Unfiled
The fast-evolving Russian blogger world is packed full of high-stakes political intrigues, nastiness, rumors and alarmists. Kirill Pankratov guides you through...
October 6, 2006 The Madness of King Georgia Unfiled
Who is the real asshole in the current Russia-Georgia spat? Kirill Pankratov gives a historical/cultural perspective...
September 8, 2006 Get the hell outta here! Unfiled
Kirill Pankratov looks at Russia's only genuine grass-roots youth movement...but it's not the kind of youth movement that would make Soros and McFaul smile...
June 29, 2006 Khokhol Porn Unfiled
Orange Order's Last Stand
June 16, 2006 Nine Circles of Hate Unfiled
Kirill Pankratov looks at a slew of new novels whose only aim is to shit on Russians, since after all Russians are the only people left whom you can hate without being called a racist...
May 19, 2006 Kill that Old Hag! Unfiled
Kirill Pankratov takes a big Russian dump on Britain's chest...and that pathetic island is all the better for it...
April 21, 2006 Xenophobia East & West Unfiled
Illegal immigration: America's and Russia's fears aren't all that different...
April 7, 2006 A Tale of Two Post-Soviet Elections Unfiled
What the Western press didn't tell you about the TRUE meaning of recent elections in Ukraine and Belarus...it's called "ugly truth"...
March 24, 2006 Hades of The Hague Unfiled
Kirill Pankratov looks back at the life of the West's most convenient villian, Slobodan Milosevic...
February 24, 2006 The Backyard Trouble Unfiled
If you think things are fucked for America in the Eastern Hemisphere, then Kirill Pankratov's got news for you. Things are also fucked in the Western Hemisphere. Spasibo Bush!
February 10, 2006 It's a cold, wet and slippery world Unfiled
When the roof at Transvaal park collapsed in Moscow, it was proof of Russia's corruption and decay. But what about the roofs collapsing in Germany and Poland? Kirill Pankratov argues that there's something bigger going on...
December 15, 2005 America: Your Time is Up Letter from America
Kirill Pankratov pulls no punches in his gloating account of how wrong America understands Russia, and how they're becoming the laughingstock as Russia rises from its knees...
October 21, 2005 Ukraine: The Gogolean Bordello Unfiled
Orange you glad you're not Ukrainian? Kirill Pankratov takes us into the soul of Ukraine to explain why the Orange Revolution seems to have gone so "wrong," when in fact it's just the way things have always been...
October 7, 2005 Pleasant Hell by John Dolan Unfiled
Kirill Pankratov reviews book reviewer John Dolan's new novel, Pleasant Hell, and finds that the book is as merciless as it is hilarious...
September 23, 2005 It Sank Unfiled
Kirill Pankratov returns to the eXile, and shows how the Kursk fiasco compares to the Katrina fiasco, and asks, "Who's gloating now?"...
July 15, 2005 America the Irrelevant Unfiled
Charting the ugly and obvious decline of America, through the eyes of a citizen of the last empire to crumble...
July 1, 2005 Censor This! Unfiled
Kirill Pankratov gives an overview of the Russian livejournal craze, where you can find the real activity of the Russian intelligentsia...and the American censorship machine at work. Guaranteed to be in the US press in about 2 months...
June 17, 2005 Yuck!-os Trial Unfiled
Mikhail Khodorkovsky finally got sentenced to nine years in jail. There will be motions, appeals-the usual legal
April 8, 2005 Pigs at the Printing Press Unfiled
The scandal at glasnost-mouthpiece Moskovskiye Novosti is really about alleged Putin victim Yevgeny Kiselyov and the whole "free press" in Russia, writes Kirill Pankratov...
March 11, 2005 Give Persians The Bomb! Unfiled
The only thing that can save America from its own insanity is letting Iran become a nuclear power, argues Kirill Pankratov
February 25, 2005 Peeling the Oranges Unfiled
Until recently, Ukraine wasn't much of a news item in most of the Western press. In fact, a country with
February 11, 2005 Absolute Ass-lund! Unfiled
Meet Anders Aslund, snake-oil salesman extraordinaire...
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Dude, Where’s My Fatwah?
Sports Section
One should never underestimate the determination of eXile football columnist Osama (Sunny) bin Laden, whose stinging tentacles have dispensed justice in the clubhouses of more than one NFL franchise in recent weeks...
The Moscow River
Unfiled By Edward Limonov
In September 1997 the National Bolshevik Party completed a union with Anpilov and Terekhov...
How to Retire in Comfort on $500
Feature Story
Our plan doesn’t take twelve steps. It’s free, it’s simple...
Bad Hobbit
Kino Korner By John Dolan
The charges: treason and sabotage. Jackson’s three Lord of the Rings films are designed to sabotage all the most noble and unworldly elements of Tolkien’s story.
New Lada Set to Appear
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For the first time in many years, Russia is about to introduce a locally-produced world-class automobile
Paddy O'Chen!
Restaurant Review By Mark Ames
Peter Arenseberg is not with us this issue, as he's been spending more and more time at a secluded abbey/wine cellar in
The Economist Whore Index
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Moscow Land Grab!
Feature Story By Jake Rudnitsky
Well-connected vultures are feasting on choice real estate pickings from Strastnoi Bulvar to Butovo, and there's nothing regular Muscovites can do to protect themselves
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