Month: January 2009

January 1, 2009

Video: Just One More Year Until U.S. Disintegration

I wouldn’t usually bother posting clips from Russia Today, but for those of you who wanted to get a look at Russia’s newest media celebrity, Igor Panarin, this one should do the trick.  According to Panarin, the United States is d...
January 1, 2009

Goodbye, Juries

The Associated Press has announced that President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a new bill which will restrict jury trials for cases involving terrorism and treason.  Thanks to the newly expanded definition of treason, this could involv...
January 1, 2009

The Year in Review

Last night Moscow closed the books on a very eventful 2008 – and in traditional Russian style, I have no doubt everyone rang it in with tremendous style as though it were still the halcyon days of July. Russia finished the year with a much s...