Stories about Russia from November, 2006
Ukraine: Famine Recognized As Genocide
Kyiv, Nov. 25: Remembering Holodomor (Famine) Victims – by Veronica Khokhlova At the Holodomor Remembrance ceremony held in Kyiv on Saturday, Nov. 25, a big board listed the countries that...
Russia, Serbia: Energy Plans
Neretva River writes about Russia's plans to build a power plant in Kosovo and route a gas pipeline through Serbia.
Moldova: Another Belarus?
Mihai Moscovici wonders if, following the Minsk CIS Summit, Moldova may turn into Europe's next Belarus.
Belarus: CIS Scandal
TOL's Belarus Blog writes about the scandal involving Russian journalists that broke out during the CIS summit in the Belarusian capital. Also, there's a post about the pain the summit...
Russia: “DPNI-Light”
Sean's Russia Blog writes that in Russia, “The race struggle has replaced the class struggle, and the ‘illegal’ stands in for the ‘kulak’.”
Russia: Suleiman Kerimov
Russia Blog writes about Suleiman Kerimov, a Russian billionaire and PM from Vladimir Zhirinovsky's party, who got into a car crash in southern France and is now “in coma with...
Russia, Britain: Litvinenko's Death
The beatroot and Ruminations on Russia write about the reaction of the British media to Aleksandr Litvinenko's death.
Russia: Gas Policies
Ruminations on Russia writes about gas policies of the Russian government.
Russia: Image Abroad
ZheZhe [dot] us posts a lengthy entry on media discussions of Russia's image abroad.
Russia: Berezovsky and Litvinenko's Death
Boris Berezovsky's figure in the background makes Copydude skeptical of some aspects of Aleksandr Litvinenko's poisoning story.
Russia: Unusual Protest
The Turkish Invasion and Very Russian write about today's very unusual demonstration in Moscow. LJ user 50×50 posts photos.
Russia: Litvinenko's Death
Aleksandr Litvinenko, a 43-year-old ex-KGB/FSB lieutenant-colonel and a harsh opponent of the Kremlin, died Thursday night of radiation poisoning in London, where he lived under asylum since 2000. In his...
Russia: Putin's Piece in the FT
Ruminations on Russia reads an article by Vladimir Putin in the Financial Times.
Arabisc: Plagiarism, Arrests, Bans and Democracy!
The Arabs are as usual busy this week debating anything and everything, from plagiarism to the arrest of bloggers, and from banning public meetings to embarrising George Bush Senior at...
Russia: Hairdressers
The Turkish Invasion compares Russian and Turkish hairdressers.
Russia: Litvinenko Poisoning
Sean's Russia Blog writes about the Litvinenko Affair.
Russia: Russo-Turkish Wars
The Turkish Invasion lists 11 Russo-Turkish wars.
Russia: Litvinenko Poisoning
Sean's Russia Blog writes about the investigation of Anna Politkovskaya murder and the alleged poisoning of former FSB officer Aleksandr Litvinenko.
Russia: Moscow Traffic Management
Ruminations on Russia criticizes Moscow's mayor: “Moscow's traffic is becoming legendary. Yury Mikhailovich who has clearly never read a single traffic management article in his life has determined that the...
Russia: Article Translated
La Russophobe‘s reader translates an article by Yulia Latynina on “Russian paranoia.”
Iran:An Iranian Refugee Family in Danger
Ardeshir Dolat talks about an Iranian refugee family living which has made its home an airport in Moscow. According to the blogger, the Russian authorities now want to deport the...
