Stories about Russia from September, 2006
Russia: Photos of Churches
Taking Aim links to a collection of pictures of Russian churches, taken in 1910 and recently.
Russia, Ukraine: A View From the Roof
Last month, St. Petersburg lost one of its landmarks: built between 1828 and 1835, the Trinity Cathedral (Troitsky Sobor) caught fire on August 25, while under reconstruction. As the cathedral's main dome, one of the city's most noticeable roofs, went down, LJ user english_voodoo posted an R.I.P. note in the...
Russia: “Chandeliers From Hell”
Konstantin Dlutskiy of Russian Marketing Blog writes about an unfortunate name choice for a store.
Russia: Chechnya's Independence Day
David McDuff of A Step At A Time translates an article about Chechnya's Day of Civic Concord and Unity, or the Republic Day.
Russia: Kondopoga and Thoughts on Illegal Immigration
A week ago, two ethnic Russians were killed in a restaurant fight with Chechens in the northwestern town of Kondopoga, Republic of Karelia. The deaths triggered riots and demands to deport all Caucasus people from the town. Reading Russian blogs now is a little like walking through a minefield: ethnic...
Russia: Kondopoga Riots
Alex(ei) of The Russian Dilettante's Weblog analyzes the situation in the Karelian town of Kondopoga.
Russia: Sale of a Newspaper
Sean's Russia Blog writes about the recent sale of the Russian daily Kommersant.
Russia: Orthodox Christians Against Madonna
Moscow-based LJ user nl posts a photo story (RUS) on the protest rally held by the Russian Orthodox Christians against the upcoming Madonna's concert.
Russia: “Internet Against Cancer”
Laurence Jarvik has found a story by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti on “how weblogs are helping to save lives in Russia”: “Internet against cancer.”
Moldova: Upcoming Vote in Transdniestria
Edward Lucas, the Central and East European correspondent of The Economist, writes about a “non-vote” that is taking place in a “non-country” – Transdniestria – on Sept. 17.
Russia: Beslan Anniversary; Day of Knowledge
For LJ user yume_yami, a 14-year-old high school student from St. Petersburg, September 1 is, above all, the first day of classes; she posts a picture of herself at today's Day of Knowledge ceremony at her school and writes (RUS): Tada-datam) It's happened) I did survive it. Everything went as...
Russia: September 1
Snowsquare.com provides a brief explanation of what September 1 is in Russia.
Russia: Caran d'Ache
Snowsquare.com writes about the Swiss pencil-maker with a Russian-sounding name: Caran d'Ache.
Russia: Casualties and Cruelty in Chechnya
Sean's Russia Blog writes about the Russian army's “lack of transparency in casualty figures” and quotes from a New York Times piece on the “allegations of state-sponsored” cruelty in Chechnya: “It seems that Kadyrov’s Chechnya is turning out to be no different than the late Shamil Basaev’s would have been.”
Russia: Deripaska and Pichugin
Charlie Ganske of Russia Blog writes about Oleg Deripaska and the world's largest aluminum producer, and about the case of Aleksei Pichugin, former chief of security for Yukos.
Belarus: News Roundup
Most recent topics covered by TOL's Belarus Blog include: short-wave radio and “independent information” in Belarus; a proposed linguistic “upgrade” and other threats to the Belarusian language; scandals surrounding scholarship programs for persecuted students; Russian criticism of the Belarusian election law.
