Stories about Russia from February, 2007
Soviet Union: History Syllabus
J. Otto Pohl posts his third “imaginary” syllabus: “Introduction to the History of Kazakhstan and Central Asia Under Russian and Soviet Rule.”
Russia: St. Petersburg McDonald's Blast
Lex Libertas is in St. Petersburg now, staying at a hotel about 300 yards from the site of yesterday's explosion at a downtown McDonald's; he posts some pictures. Europhobia remembers...
Russia: Interview With La Russophobe
Siberian Light runs an interview with La Russophobe.
Russia, Estonia: The Bronze Soldier, Again
Vilhelm Konnander writes about Tallinn's Bronze Soldier monument: “Why is it that a WW II-monument repeatedly sparks bilateral crises between Estonia and Russia?”
Russia: Registration
Sean's Russia Blog publishes a reader's comment on the torturous registration process in Russia.
Russia: Vladimir Vladimirovich™
Scraps of Moscow translates a recent Vladimir Vladimirovich™ episode: “Once upon a time, Vladimir Vladimirovich™ Putin was sitting in his Kremlin office and waxing his Presidential skis.”
Russia: Women
Copydude writes on “why Russian women don’t marry Russian men.”
Soviet Union: Soda Machines
Photos of the long-forgotten Soviet soda machines, at Russian Kafe.
Eastern Europe: The Islamic Peoples
J. Otto Pohl posts the second “imaginary” syllabus – “Mehmet’s Grandchildren: The Islamic Peoples of Eastern Europe and their Ottoman Roots.”
Russia: Kremin and Its Opponents
The Economist's Edward Lucas posts his piece on the Kremlin and its opponents battling in London and replies to critics in the comments section.
Russia: Dog Life
LJ user drugoi posts a photo story (RUS) about the kind man Ilya and his 44 dogs, many of them legless or otherwise disabled, living in a house outside Moscow:...
Russia: Abramovich
Roman Abramovich news at Siberian Light – here and here. (He's no longer Russia's richest man but is still the governor of Chukotka.)
Russia: Article on TV and LJ
Lyndon of Scraps of Moscow translates a 2005 article by Yuri Saprykin on the Russian TV and blogging: “Of course, I can't say I agree with all of the author's...
Russia: Kaliningrad Restoration
Copydude continues to write about the attempts to rebuild Kaliningrad: “Kaliningrad is a complete paradox. After the war, while German prisoners of war were rebuilding whole Russian town centres like...
Caught On Camera: Human Rights Video on GV
It has been a bumper few weeks on GV for human rights video, so let's get straight into it… Bandh of brothers… [via Neha] This footage, filmed by Dinesh Wagle,...
Russia: Pancake Week
The Turkish Invasion writes about the celebration of the Pancake Week in Russia: “For the Russians Maslenitsa is like a carnival for the Italians, especially because the initial sense of...
Jordan: Warm Welcome for Russian President
Jordanian blogger Firas extends a warm welcome to visiting Russian president Vladimir Putin and gives him some advice – such as : “If you are walking in Wast El Balad...
Russia: Subway Lezginka
A month ago, YouTube user KABARDINEC (‘a Kabardian‘) posted three rather odd videos of two inspired young men dancing Lezginka at a subway station (here and here) and inside a...
Latvia, Russia: “Borderlands”
Marginalia continues to muse over the issues inherent in Latvia's border dispute with Russia.
Russia: Kaliningrad's Prussian Castle
Copydude reports on the plans to rebuild Kaliningrad's old Prussian castle, which was “firebombed by the RAF in 1944″ and “then levelled in 1969 to build the ill-conceived ‘House Of...
Russia: Ethnic Rights Activist Assaulted
A Step At A Time reports on the beating of an ethnic rights activist in Russia’s Mari El Republic.
