Video: Dam Explodes, Scores Dead, and Oil Spill
Not a good week…
Month: August 2009
Russia’s Tough Guise
During the first Vladimir Putin all-nude-revue extravaganza, we dutifully posted plenty of the photos with acerbic commentary. The second time around, not so much. Been there, done that. I trust that the readers of this blog were...
Russia’s Healthcare Reform Problems
As U.S. President Barack Obama looks to bet his presidency by actually doing something about the deplorable, non-functioning healthcare market, he’s facing an angry and implacable opposition from the Republicans, who are even fond of sending...
Incoherence in Media Coverage of Russia-Georgia War
Writing in the Columbia Journalism Review, Joshua Foust, who also blogs on Central Asia at Registan.net, takes a look at the lobbying, PR, and information war going on between Russia and Georgia, and finds that Tbilisi is more or less winning the ...
Summer Reading, Part 1: Idov’s Caffeinated Comedy
Have you noticed things a little lighter here at RA lately? You’re not imaging it. Bob is currently spending some quality time with the family before his very existence slips the minds of his daughters, while I have been assigned...
Energy Blast – August 19, 2009
According to Bloomberg, although Russian oil production increased this year, defying forecasts, it will inevitably decrease due to the slump in investment when crude prices dropped. Novatek has reported a 1.6% increase in net profit in the s...
Today in Russian Business – August 19, 2009
Following the deadly Sayano-Shushenskaya accident, Rusal could lose up to as much as 500,000 tons of aluminium production, which is equal to around 11% of 2008’s output. It is expected that energy tariffs will increase in winter for &#...
RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – August 19, 2009
TODAY: Security shake-up in Ingushetia; blame put on local police; Russia does tit-for-tat on diplomats; Medvedev and Peres meet to discuss Middle East, Russia to reevaluate plan for weapons to Iran?; hope for power plant disaster survivors wanes....
The Latest Western Insult to Russia
OK, folks, this has gone far enough. There’s no need for the United States and Europe to continue in their unchecked and outrageous aggression against Russia, renewing Cold War tensions and antagonism, no matter how jealous they are of...
Punk Music Still Not At Deep Purple Status in Russia
Doesn’t matter what you see Or into it what you read You can do it your own way If it’s done just how I say Independence limited Freedom of Choice is made for you my friend Freedom of Speech is words that they will bend Freedom with th...
