Stories about Russia from September, 2007
Russia: Moscow Mosque's New Website
“Moscow’s Historical Mosque has launched a new Internet site as part of its outreach effort, but in an indication that Muslim leaders anticipate that the site will be hacked by opponents of Islam, the site’s organizers have linked it to three different addresses,” Window on Eurasia reports.
China, Russia: Deportation of Buryat Lama
Window on Eurasia writes on the deportation of a Buryat lama from China.
Russia: Kadyrov's “Systemic Separatism”
Window on Eurasia writes about Ramzan Kadyrov's “systemic separatism”: “his efforts to sharply limit Moscow’s control over his republic while not seeking independence as such.”
Russia: Football Fans; More on Politkovskaya
Sean's Russia Blog posts an update on Anna Politkovskaya's murder investigation and writes about the nationalist politics behind Russia's football fandom.
Russia: Chapaev; WWII and Bulgaria
De Rebus Antiquis Et Novis writes about the Red Army commander Vasily Chapayev, killed in 1919, and about the relationship between the Soviet Union and Bulgaria during WWII.
Russia: Beslan Anniversary
Moscow City Day celebrations this year coincided with the third anniversary of the Beslan school siege. Some Russian bloggers discussed the regime's attempts to make people forget the unforgettable tragic event of September 1-3, 2004.
Russia: Pavlik Morozov
Window on Eurasia writes about the 75th anniversary of Pavlik Morozov's death: “The anniversaries of Beslan, Khasavyurt and Kondopoga have attracted more attention this year, but as in the past, a small group of Russians met on Sunday to commemorate Pavlik Morozov, the young man killed by his relatives after...
Russia: Kondopoga Anniversary
Window on Eurasia writes about the first anniversary of the Kondopoga riots.
Russia: Putin's Party Campaign Ads
LJ user dizainer posts pictures (RUS) of campaign ads of the pro-Putin United Russia party in the Pskov region; its slogans are: “Putin's Plan – United Russia” and “United Russia – Putin's Party.”
The Baltics: KGB Documents Online
For those interested in “the darkest pages of the history of the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states,” some of the relevant KGB documents are now available online, Lituanica reports.
Latvia, Russia: Language Issue
Marginalia writes on the “language issue” in Latvia – and in Russia: “Over at the corner store, after years of learning to shop in Russian, I finally asked whether the cashier ever planned to learn the word for milk in Latvian (it being emblazoned in large letters on every carton...
Estonia: Nashi-in-Estonia Interview
Itching for Eestimaa translates an interview with a “Nashi-in-Estonia Kommisar.”
Russia: More on Ethnicity and Religion
Window on Eurasia writes on ethnic relations in Moscow and the Russian media's coverage of ethnicity and religion.
Russia: Ethinic Map of St. Pete
Window on Euarasia writes on the production of a secret “ethnic” map of St. Petersburg.
Russia: Orthodox View on Intermarriages
Window on Eurasia writes that one Russian Orthodox cleric believes that intermarriages are “a form of genocide of the Russian people.”
Russia: Ramzan Kadyrov's Use of Islam
Window on Eurasia writes about Ramzan Kadyrov's “pretensions to serve as a spokesman and defender for Chechens and Muslims throughout the Russian Federation.”
Romania: Rompetrol Takeover
Transatlantic Politics posts an interview on “the recent takeover of the Romanian oil company Rompetrol by the Kazakh state company KazMunayGaz.”
Russia: RBN's Cybercrime
The Economist's Edward Lucas writes about RBN (Russian Business Network), a St. Petersburg-based internet company that “hosts cybercriminals, ranging from spammers to phishers, bot-herders and all manner of other fraudsters and wrongdoers from the venal to the vicious.”
