Stories about Russia from November, 2006
Russia: New and Old Hotels
Stop by at Snowsquare to see pictures of Hotel Rossiya (“The last of the great Soviet-era central Moscow landmark hotels will soon be no more.”) and its demolition (“All that remains of what was one of the largest hotels in the world.”), as well as Ritz-Carlton built in place of...
Russia: More Alarming Changes
Alex(ei) of The Russian Dilettante's Weblog writes that a “a former KGB colleague of Putin” will likely be appointed as head of “Gazprom's oil-producing arm, Gazpromneft.” Also, Russian legislators are introducing a law according to which “candidates may no longer engage in personal criticism of their opponents. Ridiculous as it...
Russia: Andrei Rublev
Russia Blog reviews Andrei Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev.
Russia: Talkov and Contract Killings
Copydude writes about contract killings and inefficiency of police investigations – and about singer Igor Talkov, who was killed in 1991 and whose case hasn't been resolved yet.
China: Put the E back in APEC
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum came to a harmonious enough end this Sunday with all twenty-one member nations agreeing to renew calls for North Korea to put an end to its nuclear plans and key player China putting its weight behind the pledge. Chinese bloggers, however, seem to have...
Russia: Deportation of Meskhetian Turks
J. Otto Pohl writes about the 1944 deportation of the Meskhetian Turks.
Serbia: Kosovo in Limbo
Wu Wei and East Ethnia write about Kosovo in limbo.
Russia: Novgorod Real Estate
Copydude writes about Novgorod's architecture, infrastructure and real estate: “‘German built’ is now becoming a buzzphrase amongst Russian real estate agents – particularly in places like Moscow, Novgorod and Kaliningrad. It adds value to property prices. (They are careful not to mention prisoners or slave labour.)”
Georgia: Slamming the CIS
Dan O'Huiginn says that Georgia's criticism of the Commonwealth of Independent States is a deescalation of its conflict with Russia rather than an escalation as has been reported by some media outlets.
Estonia, Russia: “The Bronze Soldier Disease”
Itching for Eestimaa writes about “the Bronze Soldier disease” that “has spread from Tallinn to Moscow, where officials and analysts are now weighing in on the issue like it would make a big difference in their life whether the Bronze Soldier was there or not.”
Russia: Russkiye and Rossiyane
The Turkish Invasion explains the difference between russkiye and rossiyane.
Russia: Coal Industry
Russia Blog lists some facts on Russia's coal industry.
Russia: Novgorod Night Life
Copydude writes about night life in Novgorod: “Novgorod Russians appear to start out on vodka and then sober up with beer and wine.”
Russia: Lenin's Mausoleum
Lenin's Tomb, Moscow, USSR, 1985 – by JoeBlogger Three months before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the legendary “sound-manipulator” Sergei Kuryokhin proved quite convincingly (albeit facetiously) that Vladimir Lenin had been a mushroom and a radio wave. Kuryokhin died on July 9, 1996, at the age of 42. His...
Russia: Kosovo Independence
Publius Pundit writes about Russia's stand on the issue of Kosovo independence.
Russia: Albats on Politkovskaya
La Russophobe‘s reader provides a translation of a Russian-language piece on Anna Politkovskaya, written by Yevgenia Albats.
Russia: Police Day
White Sun of the Desert writes about spending part of the Police Day at a police department in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
Russia: Travel, Trains, and Communist Hell
A trip to Sergiev Posad, travel by Russian trains, and a joke about the Communist hell – from the Turkish Invasion.
Estonia: Statues and the Identity Crisis
Itching for Eestimaa writes about the identity crisis of the Baltic Russians.
The DW Best of Blogs Awards
Had I not read Hoder's blog today I would have definitely missed the Deutsche Welle Best of the Blogs awards 2006 ceremony held in the Museum for Communication Berlin a few hours ago. I knew about the awards but I was unaware of the time and place and whether it...
