Stories about Russia from November, 2007
Russia, Ukraine: Language Issues
Window on Eurasia writes about the “language issue” – in Russia's Komi Republic, in Ukraine, and in Moscow.
Eastern Europe: TOP 100 Russia-Weblogs
Krusenstern posts a new edition of the “TOP 100 Russia-Weblogs” (in German) – which is only “secondly (!) a ranking. First and foremost, this list is an invitation to a...
Georgia: Russian Hopes
The blog of Vladimir Gushchin, International Communications Director of the RIA Novosti News Agency, posts an entry saying that his Georgian friends consider their president to be pushing the country...
Russia: Insulin Shortage
Window on Eurasia writes about shortage of insulin in Russia.
Russia: Putin Jokes Not Allowed, Sort Of
Window on Eurasia writes about the FSB's attempt to ban jokes about Putin in Novosibirsk.
Russia: Stalin and the Kurds
Window on Eurasia writes about “the tangled history of Moscow’s involvement with the Kurds during World War II and in the last years of Stalin’s reign.”
Russia: Moscow Monorail and Ostankino
The Turkish Invasion takes pictures of the bums sleeping in Moscow subway trains, of the Monorail and the Ostankino TV Tower.
Russia: Revolution and National Unity
This year, Nov. 7 marks the 90th anniversary of the 1917 revolution in Russia. Sean's Russia Blog writes about the events leading up to the Bolshevik's ascent and suggests that,...
Russia, Japan: Putin's Sexiness Ranking
Siberian Light writes that the Japanese have voted Vladimir Putin the world’s fifth most attractive politician.
Soviet History: Richard Sorge
ExecutedToday.com writes about Richard Sorge, a spy whose “signal achievement was establishing, as a foreigner in a highly xenophobic Japan, a spy ring that for years penetrated the highest levels...
Ukraine: Crimean Tatars and the Land Conflict
Ukrainiana writes about the Crimean Tatars and the deepening land conflict in Crimea.
Russia, UK: Sidney Reilly – “Executed Today” – in 1925
ExecutedToday.com – “a blog of history, sociology, biography, criminology, law, and kismet — an unrepresentative but arresting view of the human condition across time and circumstance from the parlous vantage...
Former Soviet Union: Migration Syllabus
J. Otto Pohl shares a syllabus for a Migration and Borders class that he will be teaching at American University of Central Asia in Spring 2008. Topics covered include the...
Russia: Bloggers’ Perspectives on Xenophobia
Wherever you click in the Russian blogosphere these days, you always seem to end up reading posts on nationalism, ethnicity, xenophobia, ethnic violence and other related subjects. In October, apart from discussing the famous DNA scientist's race comments and the U.S. president's DNA comments, Russian bloggers dealt with at least two xenophobic attacks - one that took place in Spain, and the other one domestic.
Eastern Europe: Diary of a Correspondent
Edward Lucas reposts his diary from a recent trip to Estonia and Poland and the Czech Republic. Itching for Eestimaa comments on a few of the points made by Lucas.
Russia: In Moscow, “Subway Forever”
LJ users dolboeb and nl have an office with a view, and on Nov. 1, each posted a beautiful photo of a hopeless traffic jam on the Garden Ring, a...
Russia: Togliatti Bus Explosion
On Oct. 31, a bomb exploded on a bus packed with morning commuters in the southern Russian city of Togliatti, killing eight people and wounding 50. Russian bloggers discuss the tragedy and the highly disturbing images of the victims that have flooded the blogosphere.
Georgia: Clash with Russian Peacekeepers
TOL's Steady State reports that a confrontation between Georgian and Russian security forces in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone was just what Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili needed ahead of an opposition...