NYT: уроки для диктаторов

Что бы там ни говорили про сайты, блоги и социальные сети, New York Times пока что остается газетой №1 в США, да и, возможно, во всем мире, и быть в ней процитированным подчас не менее приятно, чем получить ссылку на свою публикацию в ином научном журнале. Кристиа Фриланд, автор известной книги о российской приватизации 1990-х Sale of the Century, разбирает в статье в NYT те уроки, которые могут извлечь диктаторы из опыта "декабрьского восстания" 2011 года в России, и цитирует, помимо прочих, Бориса Акунина, Лукана Вэя и меня (мою статью на slon.ru про "партию самонадеянных жуликов и беспечных воров" http://www.slon.ru/russia/kak_kreml_svoimi_rukami_nanes_udar_po_edinoy_rossii-722192.xhtml)

"Vladimir Gelman, a professor of political science at the European University in St. Petersburg, made a similar point this week. Mr. Gelman argued that the Kremlin's wobble in December was an own-goal, or, as he put it, "a blow delivered with its own hands."
The biggest mistake, in Mr. Gelman's view, was "the attempt to mask Russian authoritarianism with a liberal facade." That turns out to have been an error partly because "part of the political class and concerned members of civil society actually believed in the liberalization of the regime".
But the bigger problem was that Russia's authoritarian leaders became so infatuated with their political Potemkin village they neglected some of the coercive basics: focused as they were on the carrot, the authorities didn't pay enough attention to the stick. Mr. Gelman contrasts this political season, when the government's attitude before the election was "peaceful", with the 2007-8 political cycle, when the opposition was repressed in advance and the state's political machinery was fully engaged"

Полностью статья в NYT доступна здесь: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/world/europe/16iht-letter16.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=%22Russian%20winter%22&st=cse

UPD: вот русский перевод http://ru.reuters.com/article/topNews/idRUMSE7BF11820111216?sp=true