Monthly Archives: August 2011

Imitation is the highest form of flattery, Part II

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

There is a massive backlog of solid content to get through, hopefully going to post a lot of it this week and next. For today, I present an amusing clip of Turkmenistan’s leader Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov performing the song “Sana menin … Continue reading →

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Know any good blonde jokes?

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

http://slet-blondinok.ru/index.php/ The All-Russia Congress of Blondes will have its inaugural meeting in September, and they have invited first Lady Svetlana Medvedeva as a guest of honor. I have labeled this post ‘sports’ because the Congress will feature a tic-tac-toe tournament … Continue reading →

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FP Photo Essay: Soviet Propaganda Posters

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

These are just two of many posters included in a recent FP photo essay, it is worth checking out. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/08/19/calling_all_comrades?page=0,0 Left caption: Московский Кремль повит многовековой славой И виден он со всех концов страны моей Великий наш народ сюда пошлет … Continue reading →

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Interactive tool for comparing former Soviet republics

Posted on August 20, 2011 by

Courtesy of BBC, this is strangely addictive: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14489883

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ARD-exclusiv: Rot-Gruen macht Kasse

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

Thanks to FD for sending along this link, it is an ARD feature on Gerhard Schroeder and Joschka Fischer, who since their time together in a coalition government have become highly-paid industrial lobbyists, most significantly in oil and gas. One … Continue reading →

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Can someone put up a Bert and Ernie parody video on youtube already?

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/17/7395623-on-holiday-with-vladimir-putin-and-dmitry-medvedev#.TkveShP8y9o.facebook

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Mozgov crushing it

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

Now let’s see him do this in an NBA game, if they ever solve their labor dispute

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More FP Photo Galleries

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

FP just published a photo gallery on the Medvedev-Putin tandem; there are some amusing shots, but a lot of them you may have seen before in some of the other articles that have been linked on this blog: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/08/11/moscow_s_silly_season?page=0,0 If … Continue reading →

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Is this true?

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

Via MH: The origin of the word чувак is that it is an acronym for «человек, уважающий высокую американскую культуру» I had never heard that before, not sure if I buy it. Is it true?

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Macho Macho Man

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8677402/Vladimir-Putin-burnishes-strongman-credentials-ahead-of-2012-poll.html

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