January 9, 2009 – Contents

FRIDAY JANUARY 9 CONTENTS

(1)  EDITORIAL:  Gas War in Ukraine

(2)  EDITORIAL:  The Perils of Plastinina

(3)  Dear La Russophobe

(4)  Lipman on Russia’s Dark Horizon

(5)  A Word of Warning to Barack Obama

(6)  Putin’s Candle is Flickering

NOTE: Our mailbag post today (#3) emaphasizes the critical role being played by our publisher in the fight for democracy in Vladimir Putin’s Russia in the blogosphere. All three letters respond directly to Kim Zigfeld. One responds to a post she wrote back in the formative days of this blog when she was going it largely alone; a second responds to a comment of hers on Robert Coalson’s blog, and the third responds to her letter to the editor of the Washington Post. You go KZ!