TODAY: Russia and Belarus – where did it all go wrong? State Duma speaker’s inclusive vision of customs union; Ukraine’s Viktor Yushchenko fights for his presidency with anti-Russian tactics; Circassian protest. Sugge...
Nina Khrushcheva has an interesting piece on Project Syndicate today about how Russia is keeping up appearances: Then in October, remembering the victims of Stalin, Medvedev wrote in his blog (itself meant to convey how up to date he is): “W...
Well, at least this one time Prime Minister Vladimir Putin followed the leader, President Dmitry Medvedev. It’s usually the other way around. Photo Credit: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sit at ...
TODAY: New Year’s opposition rally ends in detainment, greeted with international censure; sad new year for vodka drinkers as prices rise. Yushchenko uses presence of Russian fleet as tool against rival Tymoshenko; the conundrum of tea...
Just a few days ago in Russia, a census of the population of the Amur tiger began in the Far East. The monitoring of the quantity of the animals will go on until the end of February, and towards the middle of March of the year 2010, scientists and...
For those who have Twitter-ized attention spans, I leave it to Mikhail Kasyanov to tell you about ten years of Russia under Vladimir Putin in the most succinct manner possible. From the BBC: “He was, and is, an old KGB officer who lead...
TODAY: Artist detained for holding expo in Moscow; New Year’s opposition marches banned. Ten years in power (one way or another) for Vladimir Putin; poll shows approval for Yeltsin-Putin handover. Population growth? Cybercr...
I was struck by an opinion article published today in the Washington Post by Lekan Oguntoyinbo, a U.S.-based Nigerian journalism professor. In discussing the foiled terrorist attack of the young Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the media celebrity...
An amusing extract from the Guardian: Space scientists in Russia are preparing to boldly go where no man has gone before, except for the actor Bruce Willis. The head of the Russian space agency said today that it was considering a Hollywood-style ...
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