Stories about Russia from December, 2006
Russia: BA Polonium Planes Passenger
Ruminations on Russia discovers a personal connection to Litvinenko's case: turns out he flew “back and forth to the UK three times on planes that have, or had traces of...
Russia: Novgorod Street Art
Copydude posts photos of some weird street art in Novgorod.
Russia: Sakhalin Photos
Photos from Sakhalin at White Sun of the Desert: here and here.
Russia: Stunt Protests and the Law
On Nov. 17, the Russian Duma approved a bill that abolished minimum voter turnout (20 percent) for all elections in Russia. Today, president Vladimir Putin has signed it into law....
Ukraine, Russia: Dec. 1 AIDS Links
Links to Russia- and Ukraine-related AIDS stats and other resources at Michelle Knisley's Greetings from Kiev.
Estonia: “What Freedom Is and Isn't”
Itching for Eestimaa explains why he disagrees with the new Estonian “law banning the use of Nazi and Soviet symbols in public places.”
Estonia: “Poisonous” Putin
Itching for Eestimaa writes about Litvinenko's murder, the image of Russia and the meaning of the recent developments for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Russia: Radzikhovsky Article
A Russian-language article on the reaction of “the People” translated at La Russophobe.
Russia: Abortion Politics
In response to the grim economic situation, abortion was made legal in the Soviet Union in 1920. From 1936 to 1955 – under Joseph Stalin and until after his death...
