Veronica Khokhlova · September, 2009

Latest posts by Veronica Khokhlova from September, 2009

Russia: 2010 Census Postponed

Window on Eurasia and Russia Blog comment on the Russian State Statistical Service's decision to postpone the 2010 census until 2013 – “on budgetary grounds.”

23 September 2009

Macedonia: Freedom Not Fear 2009

Information Policy cites an item on privacy-related citizen education activities that took place in Macedonia during this year's Freedom Not Fear action. The item was published on the website of...

23 September 2009

Belarus: Internet Issues

Andrei Khrapavitski of Belarusan American Blog comments on Evgeny Morozov's TED talk on “the ways the Internet can actually help oppressive regimes stifle dissent.”

23 September 2009

Georgia: Radisson SAS Iveria Hotel

LJ user cyxymu writes about (RUS) and posts photos of Tbilisi's Iveria Hotel, which was built in the mid-1960s, housed refugees in the 1990s (and was “the symbol of Georgia's...

18 September 2009

Russia: Lebedyan Subway

On Aug. 11, LJ user victorprofessor posted a photo report (RUS) from a trip to the town of Lebedyan in Lipetsk region, where one man – Leonid Mulyarchik – has...

18 September 2009

Russia: Photos of Borovsk

RussianKafe highlights Flickr user zaykivi‘s photos of Borovsk, a town in Kaluga Region: “Besides its historical value, there is a subtle atmosphere of something close to your heart, where you...

15 September 2009

Russia: 1999 Apartment Bombings

Eternal Remont reports on the coverage of “twelve heroic Russian citizens” who are still looking for answers in the 1999 apartment bombing case “that pulled Russia into a second war...

15 September 2009

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