Meteor Mania
Here’s what we know so far: A meteor disintegrated outside of the Ural city of Chelyabinsk. The space rock was 17 meters wide, weighed an
Here’s what we know so far: A meteor disintegrated outside of the Ural city of Chelyabinsk. The space rock was 17 meters wide, weighed an
As capital “P” Russia politics garners the world’s attention, little “p” Russian politics continues unabated. Anyone who reads this blog knows that Nashi loves to
Since everyone is afflicted with spymania at the moment, I wanted to make sure this little tidbit of news didn’t go unnoticed. Well, as I
Solidarity may be band of “scrubby little opposition organizations [that] have no future,” but if things keep going the way their going, Boris Nemtsov will
Two things hit me as I emerged from the Oktyabrskaya metro station on Saturday morning to check out the KPRF May Day march.ย First was that God himself must have been smiling down on the KPRFers.ย After several days of on and off rain, his holiness decided to part the clouds, let the sun shine through, and let Russian commies do their thing without the hindrance of rainfall.ย The second thing that hit me was that unlike most, or should I say every political rally I’ve been to, the Communists began marching on time.ย Who would have ever guessed Communists to be prompt.ย And they say Leninist discipline is dead.ย As soon
The results of the mayoral election in Sochi were as expected.ย United Russia’s candidate Anatoly Pakhomov won.ย No repeat ofย the Murmansk mayoral contest allowed.
The election circus in Sochi has some new developments. The alleged polonium murderer Andrei Lugovoi won’t be running.ย The LDPR announced that it will go
On Tuesday, Nashi pulled off its best prank yet on the hapless Russian opposition.ย In the words of Nezavisimaya gazeta, the stunt “will undoubtedly go
Protests flared around the world last week in response to the global economic crisis. Last Thursday, a one day general strike of 2.5 million people
Mikhail Kasyanov, or Misha 2% as he’s known in Russia, was interviewed in today’s LA Times.ย Kasyanov proves why that 2% moniker continues to stick.ย