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A very comprehensive blog covering events, history, and information about the Russian Federation.
Tags: Asia, culture, Russia, travel
Author: Yuri Mamchur

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Why Russians don't Like Money?

Aug 29, 2009
Entrance to an IKEA store in Rostov, Russia. As economy is sliding down, and even the construction of the Moscow City is up in the air, one would think that Russians, and Kremlin especially,...

Russia Taking Political Killings More Seriously?

Jul 31, 2009
Journalist Anna Politkovskaya, killed in 2006 in what appeared to be a contract murder. Political killings have declined in recent years in Russia, but still tend to blot Russia's image in the...

How to Drag Russian Business Out of the Mire

Jul 11, 2009
by Oleg Elshin Executive Director, EastKommerts Investment Group, Moscow A year ago I by chance witnessed a very unusual situation in a London street. Just next to the Bank of England around thirty Englishmen queued up outside a Northern Rock bank ...

From European to Euro-Atlantic Security

Jul 3, 2009
Presidents Barack Obama and Dimitry Medvedev at their first meeting on April 1, 2009 in London, UK There is no shortage of solicited and unsolicited advisors and pieces of advice for the upcoming...

Michael Jackson Deeply Grieved in Russia

Jun 26, 2009
Fans grieve Jackson’s death in downtown St Petersburg (image from NTV news report) Today, undoubtedly, the biggest world news is the unexpected death of Michael Jackson, the only true King of...

Spy Story: Russians Blamed for "ClimateGate"

Dec 8, 2009
The Copenhagen climate summit has certain elements of conspiracy theory to it, including an attempt by IPCC Vice Chairman Jean-Pascal van Ypersele to blame the Russians for release of the ClimateGate emails. Here is a report by the London Telegraph...

2012 Reviewed (& Revealed) Russia 2012: Is Severodvinsk the new Tibet?

Dec 7, 2009
Russia is set to deliver a carrier to India in 2012 for $1.55 billion (tsunami and handling not included) Jeff Megall (Hollywood super agent): Mr. Naylor is here to see if we can’t get cigarettes into the hands of somebody other than the usual...

Chechens Produce Hollywood-Style Terrorism; Old Babushka Emerges as Russia's Super Hero

Dec 6, 2009
Chechen terrorists claimed responsibility for the November 30 explosions and derailment of the luxury high-speed train “Nevsky Express” which travels 120 miles an hour and connects the two capitals--Moscow and St. Petersburg--in just 4 hours. The...

Nightclub Fire Brings Attention to Russia's Weakness

Dec 5, 2009
This weekend’s fire at a night club in Perm, 700 miles east of Moscow pointed out the main weakness of Russian government: its inability to enforce the basic rule of law. A night club “The Lame Horse” in the past had received multiple warnings...

The Russia That Was

Dec 1, 2009
I am not even Russian, but I cannot help being overcome by a sense of melancholy, nostalgia and loss when I see these glorious century-old color photographs of Imperial Russia and her people. These were taken in the decade before the First World War...


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