Pozor Rossii

[Sarah Hurst]

I don't think it's that much of a conspiracy. I tried to vote for Putin and
my vote was also rejected. I thought it was because I don't live in Russia.
I am surprised to hear that very serious commentators are taking internet
polls very seriously, though. Is that because there aren't any serious
opinion polls in Russia...?

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of RYLKOVA,GALINA S
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:18 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Pozor Rossii

I would agree with Alina. Out of "entertainment," I  tried to cast 
my vote for (i.e. against) Lavrentii Beriia. I was immediately 
told that my address was invalid and my vote was not counted. 
Whoever created this list, has a very clear idea of how many 
voices should be cast and for whom. Beriia, for example, has only 
41 votes against him while Putin over 9,000.

On Thu Jan 15 19:06:50 EST 2009, Alina Israeli 
<aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU> wrote:

> Its counterpart was very seriously discussed by very serious  
> commentators in a variety of very serious news outlets in Russia. 
> The  list was not created for entertainments. This list, i.e. 
> Pozor Rossii  is unlikely to be created as entertainment either. 
> SEELANGS might see  it as entertainment, but this is a totally 
> different subject. Most of  us also laugh at clowns.
> 
> Alina
> 
> On Jan 15, 2009, at 6:59 PM, David Powelstock wrote:
> 
>> I honestly cannot imagine what Alina and Edward mean by "value" 
>> in  their
>> posts that caused them to react so curtly on the list.  I think  
>> it's pretty
>> clear that the only value anyone who posted about this to the 
>> list was
>> seeing in this site was *entertainment* value (together with a  
>> window into
>> other people's minds: always interesting). Entertainment value 
>> is  very far
>> from no value whatsoever.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> David
>> 
>> David Powelstock
>> Brandeis University
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures 
>> list
>> [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Edward M Dumanis
>> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:17 PM
>> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Pozor Rossii
>> 
>> I second Alina's opinion.
>> It should be clear that such lists have no value whatsoever.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>
>> 
>> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Alina Israeli wrote:
>> 
>>> Considering that Novodvorskaya is ahead of Dzerzhinsky, this 
>>> has  as much
>>> value as its counterpart with the mythical Alexander Nevsky as  
>>> winner.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jan 14, 2009, at 6:30 AM, John Dunn wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Those who followed the furore surrounding the TV/Internet 
>>>> project  '??????
>>>> ????????????' [Imja Rossii] may also be interested in its 
>>>> 'mirror  image' ??????????
>>>> ???????????? [Pozor Rossii]:
>>>> 
>>>> www.badnameofrussia.ru
>>>> 
>>>> I won't spoil the fum by saying who is currently leading the  
>>>> poll, but
>>>> there is perhaps a thesis to be written on the fact that at 
>>>> the  time of
>>>> writing Ksenija Sobchak is in sixth position, one place behind 
>>>>  Stalin,
>> but
>>>> one ahead of Lenin.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Alina Israeli
>>> LFS, American University
>>> 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW
>>> Washington DC. 20016
>>> (202) 885-2387	fax (202) 885-1076
>>> aisrael at american.edu
>>> 
>>> 
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> Alina Israeli
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> aisrael at american.edu
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