Stories about Russia from July, 2007
Russia: A Study of Two Generations
Window on Eurasia writes about a Russian study on “the values and aspirations of those who entered adulthood after 2000 [and] those of the slightly older age cohort who became...
Russia, Iraq: Assyrian Protest
Window on Eurasia writes about a recent demonstration by the Assyrians in front of the Iraqi embassy in Moscow, against the mistreatment of Assyrians and other Christians in Iraq.
Russia: “Absurdistan” Review
Music and Life – Everywhere! reviews Gary Shteingart's novel “Absurdistan.”
Eastern Europe: Swedish Blog Update 2007
In his comprehensive review, Vilhelm Konnander writes that, unfortunately, Swedish foreign minister is no longer blogging about Eastern European affairs, but otherwise, "the Swedish blogosphere on Eastern Europe is undergoing expansion and some of the necessary stabilisation to form the dynamic density needed for a blog community. [...] A disadvantage for the international audience is that blogs, with few exceptions, are in Swedish."
Russia: Eulogy for Dmitry Prigov
Langour Management writes about the recently deceased Russian conceptualist poet and artist Dmitry Prigov.
Russia: New Law on the European Court of Human Rights
Perspectives on the New Russia reflects upon the consequences of a recent Russian legislation to bring down the cases brought against the country to the European Court of Human Rights.
Russia: More on CFE Treaty
Cyrill Vatomsky writes on Russia's recent withdrawal from the CFE Treaty.
Russia: Berezovsky to Be Assassinated?
Eastern Approaches comments on British media reports on an impending assassination attempt on Boris Berezovsky.
Russia, Britain: Diplomatic Row
Siberian Light comments on the ongoing diplomatic row between Russia and Britain.
Russia: Sakhalin Photos
Oleg Klimov posts some photos from Sakhalin.
Russia: Sochi Mascot
Sochi Travel writes about the unofficial Sochi Olympics mascot contest.
Russia: More on the Litvinenko Affair
Sean Guillory writes about new developments in the Litvinenko Affair – here, here, and here.
Russia: CFE Treaty
“One of the agreements that brought an end to the Cold War has just been tossed out the window,” writes Mark MacKinnon about Russia's decision to suspend its participation in...
Russia: The “BAMers”
Russian photographer Oleg Klimov is on a work trip across Russia and has been on the road since June 23. Read his sketch on the Baikal-Amur Mainline: once "the construction project of the century" and now a place populated by the people who, according to Klimov, are either afraid to leave or have nowhere to go.
The Baltics: “Russian Literature With a Baltic Accent”
A Step At A Time links to a Tartu-based site featuring Russian-language writing from the Baltic region.
Russia: Sochi and Abkhazia
TOL's Steady State offers an Abkhaz perspective on the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Russia: Sochi, Lobsters, Georgia
Mark MacKinnon posts a few quick notes on Sochi-2014, Putin's meeting with Bush, and Russia's relations with Georgia.
Russia: 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
It would be, of course, an exaggeration to say that every single Russian blogger has commented on Russia's victorious bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi last week - but it wouldn't be that huge of an exaggeration. The response to the news has been enormous, and the blogosphere seems to be divided into two camps now: those who think that holding the Olympics in this mountainous Black Sea resort town is a great idea - and those who think it's a disaster in the making. Here are the views of several bloggers involved in the Russian opposition politics in one way or another - as well as some comments from their readers - all translated from Russian.
Russia, Latvia: “Calendar Days”
All About Latvia writes: “In Russia, however, there’s not a single day when the people and the state officially remember the crimes of Joseph Stalin.”
Russia: FSB Archives
FSB is declassifying some of its archives, and Sean's Russia Blog writes about getting access to them.
Russia: Nashi and Komsomol
An in-depth discussion of the New York Times piece on the pro-Putin youth movement and its predecessor, Komsomol – over at Sean's Russia Blog.
