Stories about Russia from March, 2009
Russia: Two New Blogs on Economy
Siberian Light introduces two new blogs on Russia's economy: The Parallax Brief and CrisisCrunch.
Russia: Second Trial of Khodorkovsky
Updates and background on the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev in Moscow – at Robert Amsterdam's Blog: here, here, here, and here.
Russia, U.S.: Policy Suggestions
Streetwise Professor writes that “[a] little more realism, and a little more poker savvy, would be welcome in dealing with Russia.”
Russia: Nashi vs Yabloko
Sean's Russia Blog writes about “a prank” that Nashi played on Yabloko.
Hungary: Police Force; Crimes Against Gypsies
Hungarian Spectrum writes about the Hungarian police – “for every 100,000 citizens there are 420 policemen” – and about crimes against gypsies (here and here).
Russia: The Russian Cyberspace Journal
Krusenstern writes (GER) about The Russian Cyberspace Journal, a new online venue published in English, German and Russian.
Russia: Zenit's Female Fans
At GlobalComment, Natalia Antonova reports that “the council of fans of FC Zenit St. Petersburg – the richest club in the Russian Federation and the original stomping ground of star footballer Andrei Arshavin – has decided that season tickets for the coveted fan sector in their home stadium of Petrovsky...
Russia: Kadyrov approves honour killings in Chechnya
A Step At A Time reports on a Moscow Times story that Kadyrov has approved of a number of honour killings in Chechnya.
Russia on the move against Ukraine?
Windows to Russia believes that Moscow might again be moving in on an increasingly financially default Ukraine for the country not paying its gas bills to Russian gas monopoly Gazprom.
Russia-Sweden: Wallenberg case as family tragedy
LaurenceJarvikOnline comments on a Wall Street Journal story on how the family of Swedish World War II diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg, suffered from the uncertainty of his destiny in soviet captivity.
Russia, Ukraine: History and Denial
In the last days of February, calls have been made in Russia to make the denial of the Soviet victory in the WWII and the denial of Soviet crimes against the people a criminal offense; also, the head of Russia's Federal Archives announced that "he and his researchers had not found 'a single document' showing that Stalin planned 'a terror famine' in Ukraine." Below are a few reactions from English-language blogs focusing on Russia.
