Stories about Russia from October, 2006
Russia: Empress Dagmar Reburied
Vilhelm Konnander writes about the re-burial of the Russian empress Dagmar (aka Maria Fyodorovna), mother of the last Russian emperor.
Russia: Bits of Moscow
Snowsquare mentions Moscow's security cameras and a ballet-shoe store.
Russia: Farewell Letter to Politkovskaya
“Anna, I see things differently with you on one score. I don’t think Putin is the problem. He symbolizes the illness afflicting this beautiful land. As one human rights activist and friend of mine said back in 2000, ‘Putin is inside all of us. He is our mirror image’,” writes...
Russia: Novgorod Living Experience
Copydude writes hilariously and posts pictures of his experience of “the raw horror of provincial Russian living” in Novgorod: “Buses here travel in eccentric circles, so you can’t get the same number bus back to where you came from. Maybe no-one can imagine you wanting to go back to where...
Russia: Yelena Bonner on Politkovskaya
A Step At A Time re-posts a note by the widow of Andrei Sakharov on Anna Politkovskaya's death.
Georgia: Making Their Case
Registan.net discusses the savviness of Georgia's president in making the country's case and gaining sympathy in the West that enhances its power in its ongoing conflicts with Russia.
Georgia: Social Impact of Russia Conflict
Dan O'Huiginn reports on some of the social impacts of the Russia-Georgia conflict.
Russia: “Bashing Anna's Critics”
Edward Lucas responds to Anna Politkovskaya's critics.
Russia: On to Nazism or Stalinism?
A Step At A Time responds to La Russophobe on whether “Russia and its leaders [are] moving towards a totalitarian solution.”
Russia: Putin's Birthday in Chechnya
A Step At A Time translates an article about the celebration of president Vladimir Putin's birthday in Chechnya's capital Grozny.
Russia: Winter in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
White Sun of the Desert writes about “Toyota Landcruiser with remote control starting,” a must-have for the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk winter: “One of the more surreal side effects of this functionality is walking to your car parked amongst dozens of others in a secure care park and finding several cars sitting seemingly...
Kazakhstan: The Georgia-Russia Conflict
Registan.net reports on how the conflict between Georgia and Russia creates problems for Kazakhstan.
Russia: Soviet Ethnic Types Guide
The Accidental Russophile posts what looks like “a Soviet police memo identifying ethnic types.”
Russia: A Reaction on a Journalist's Murder
Boo shares her reaction on the murder of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
Russia: Journalist's Death and the Country's Future
President Vladimir Putin said this (RUS) about Anna Politkovskaya's murder in an interview with Suddeutsche Zeitung Tuesday: I have to say that her political influence (and I think that the experts will agree with me) was insignificant inside the country, and, most likely, she was more noticeable in the human...
Kazakhstan: Reacting to Russia-Georgia Conflict
Stavros says that Kazakhs are questioning Russia's actions against Georgians living in Russia to get back at the Georgian government.
Georgia: Primer on Conflict With Russia
Dan O'Huiginn has a detailed primer on Georgia's current conflict with Russia
Russia: “Russophile-Russophobe” Divide
David McDuff of A Step At A Time responds to La Russophobe, explaining the trouble with the “‘Russophile-Russophobe’ debate”: “…the character of the present “Russophile-Russophobe” divide, complex, call it what you will, is similarly based on emotion and personal animosity, rather than on substantial intellectual content. Thus, the movement of...
Russia: Politkovskaya Interview
A Step At A Time translates part of Natasha Mozgovaya's interview with Anna Politkovskaya.
Russia: Tribute to Politkovskaya
Sean's Russia Blog posts a tribute to Anna Politkovskaya: “What separates her books from most journalistic accounts is not the acerbic words she uses to condemn those who don’t hesitate to stomp on humanity; it is the deep humanism that pervades her prose. While violence may dehumanize her subjects, often...
Russia: Billiards in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
White Sun of the Desert writes about a night of billiards at a Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk bar.
