Latest posts by Veronica Khokhlova from November, 2006
Serbia: Karadzic
Slobodan Milosevic could have known where Karadzic was, writes Finding Karadzic. And Jean-Marie Le Pen, a French presidential candidate, has a t-shirt with the images of Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, reports Neretva River.
Ukraine: Orange Revolution 2 Years On
Leopolis writes about the meaning and the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution.
Russia: Hairdressers
The Turkish Invasion compares Russian and Turkish hairdressers.
Russia: Litvinenko Poisoning
Sean's Russia Blog writes about the Litvinenko Affair.
Ukraine: Orange Camp Troubles
Foreign Notes writes about the lack of unity and other troubles in Ukraine's Orange camp.
Ukraine: Maidan's Second Anniversary
Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kyiv, Ukraine: two years since the beginning of the Orange Revolution – by Veronica Khokhlova Nov. 22 marks the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, but little orange has been visible on the streets of Kyiv today. A crowd gathered at Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti), but...
Russia: Russo-Turkish Wars
The Turkish Invasion lists 11 Russo-Turkish wars.
Russia: Litvinenko Poisoning
Sean's Russia Blog writes about the investigation of Anna Politkovskaya murder and the alleged poisoning of former FSB officer Aleksandr Litvinenko.
Russia: Moscow Traffic Management
Ruminations on Russia criticizes Moscow's mayor: “Moscow's traffic is becoming legendary. Yury Mikhailovich who has clearly never read a single traffic management article in his life has determined that the best way to deal with this is not to invest in more communal transport but to widen the road.”
Russia: Article Translated
La Russophobe‘s reader translates an article by Yulia Latynina on “Russian paranoia.”
Serbia: Political Parties
On the eve of an election, Dictionary of the Serbian Mess reviews Serbian political parties.
Serbia: Hiding From the Rain
Dictionary of the Serbian Mess posts a hilarious entry on how sometimes it is safer to get soaked than try to hide from the rain next to those old, crumbling buildings.
Former Yugoslavia: Album Cover
The Glory of Carniola posts the “Great Yugoslav Album Covers, Part 16.”
Slovenia: ‘Angie’ and an NHL Player
The Rolling Stones’ Angie is remade to honor an NHL player from Slovenia, writes The Glory of Carniola.
Ukraine: News Roundup
A Ukrainian news roundup over at Orange Ukraine.
Ukraine: “Unknown Holocaust”
Cyber Cossack writes about the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33 – an “unknown Holocaust” – and links to the “800 pages of documented details on the Holocaust still denied by Russia.”
Albania: Kadare's Novel
Music and Life – Everywhere! reviews Ismail Kadare's ‘Broken April’ and writes about Kanun, the Albanian blood feud laws.
Slovakia: Jealousy
Lemuel of Deleted by Tomorrow agrees that “the main sport practiced by Slovaks is jealousy.”
Russia: New and Old Hotels
Stop by at Snowsquare to see pictures of Hotel Rossiya (“The last of the great Soviet-era central Moscow landmark hotels will soon be no more.”) and its demolition (“All that remains of what was one of the largest hotels in the world.”), as well as Ritz-Carlton built in place of...
Russia: More Alarming Changes
Alex(ei) of The Russian Dilettante's Weblog writes that a “a former KGB colleague of Putin” will likely be appointed as head of “Gazprom's oil-producing arm, Gazpromneft.” Also, Russian legislators are introducing a law according to which “candidates may no longer engage in personal criticism of their opponents. Ridiculous as it...
Russia: Andrei Rublev
Russia Blog reviews Andrei Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev.
