Stories about Russia from April, 2007
Estonia, Latvia: Robert Amsterdam's Impressions
Following his visit to Latvia and Estonia, Robert Amsterdam shares his thoughts on the two countries and their relationship with Russia.
Russia: Reactions to Virginia Tech
Sean's Russia Blog and Lyndon's Scraps of Moscow examine the reaction of the Russian media and bloggers to the tragedy at Virginia Tech.
Georgia & Russia: Becoming Abkhaz
Steady State reports why a Georgian would want to become an Abkhaz.
Russia: A Small Photo-Tour
As “life comes closer to bearable in Moscow,” the Turkish Invasion gives a small photo-tour around Russia's capital.
Russia, Ukraine: Foreign Ministry on Tymoshenko
Over at Publius Pundit, La Russophobe‘s guest-translator guest-translates the response of the Russian Foreign Ministry to Yulia Tymoshenko's article in Foreign Affairs.
Russia, Ukraine: Gevorkyan's Column
La Russophobe‘s guest-translator translates Natalya Gevorkyan's column on Gazeta.ru: “Prison Camp ‘Russia’.”
Russia: Dissenters’ March in Moscow (2)
There is a lot of media coverage of the post-Dissenters' March developments, but here is a bit more of what Russian bloggers write about the April 14 Moscow rally itself, as well as links to their photos.
Russia: Dissenters’ March Photos by Dmitry Shubin
Forty-eight pages of photographs from the Dissenters’ March in St. Petersburg this past Sunday – in a .pdf album (available for download here) created by LJ user studio204 (St. Petersburg-based Russian photographer Dmitry Shubin).
Russia: Letter to Putin
La Russophobe‘s guest-translator translates a Novaya Gazeta story about a man who wrote a letter to president Putin and, instead of receiving a reply, was summoned to a psychiatric clinic.
Russia: Dissenters’ March in Moscow (1)
The volume of blog coverage of the weekend's opposition rallies in Moscow and St. Petersburg is truly overwhelming - as overwhelming, perhaps, as the number of riot police deployed from all over Russia to disperse these rallies - but nowhere near as shocking.
Russia, Latvia: April 16 in History
April 16 in history – at De Rebus Antiquis Et Novis: a failed attempt to kill the Russian emperor in 1866; the first Russian trade union is created in 1905; the museum of the red Latvian riflemen opened in Riga in 1970.
Russia: Talking With “Dissenters”
Following the Dissenters’ March in Moscow this past Saturday, Robert Amsterdam talks on the phone with Eduard Limonov, Garry Kasparov and Karinna Moskalenko, and other friends in Russia. More – here and here.
Russia: Coverage of the Rallies
Two roundups of coverage of this weekend's opposition rallies in Russia – at Scraps of Moscow, here and here.
Russia: Why April 14?
Four rallies are scheduled to take place in Moscow on Saturday, April 14. Despite the unprecedented security measures, the opposition, the opposition's opponents, law enforcement officials, and even the U.S. embassy, do not exclude the possibility of violence taking place, in one form or another. But while there are still a few hours left before the action begins, bloggers discuss why no other date but April 14 seemed to work for the protesters.
Russia: Moscow
“But what makes Moscow that special?” asks The Turkish Invasion. (Definitely not its housing options.)
Russia: Cheburashka
Sean's Russia Blog writes about Cheburashka's misadventures in the capitalist world.
Russia: Cosmonautics Day
The Turkish Invasion and De Rebus Antiquis Et Novis mark the Day of Cosmonautics.
Russia: No Bikes Allowed
Copydude reports that it's not allowed to cross the Russian border on a bicycle.
Russia: Namesakes
Stepping away from the drama and farce of Ukrainian politics, here is a story about namesakes, posted by Chechen journalist Timur Aliev (LJ user timur_aliev).
Russia: Spring
The Turkish Invasion celebrates his one year in Russia and, with some unfortunate delay, the arrival of spring.
Hungary: Space Travel
Pestiside.hu reports on the “first words of Hungarian spoken in space for 27 years.”
