tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155762142011-04-21T14:51:58.718-07:00Michael Averkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14075436713531782665noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15576214.post-1124445017430668122005-08-19T02:37:00.000-07:002005-08-23T20:28:50.676-07:00In wake of Anders Aslund's overly rhetorical Johnson's Russia List post of August 9, 2005, I'm finally taking up the suggestion to start my own blog.<br /><br />I'm a New York based independent foreign policy analyst, whose recent commentary can be found via the Current Issues, International Affairs, Media and Letters to/from the Editor sections at <a href="http://english.intelligent.ru">http://english.intelligent.ru</a><br /><br />I regularly participate in several net forums including The New York Times' Russia/East Europe Forum, located in the International folder of Readers' Opinions via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com">http://www.nytimes.com</a>, several forums at <a href="http://www.russia.com/forums">http://www.russia.com/forums</a> and two Guardian International forums (entitled LYING ABOUT RUSSIA &amp; AMERICAN MAINSTREAM MEDIA SKEWS COVERAGE OF CHECHNYA AGAINST RUSSIA) which can be accessed via <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/talk">http://www.guardian.co.uk/talk</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15576214-112444501743066812?l=averko.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Averkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14075436713531782665noreply@blogger.com36