Monthly Archives: January 2012

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Staying on the theme of protests, this is brilliant absurdity http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/26/doll-protesters-problem-russian-police?newsfeed=true Click the article for the story behind this photo (Thanks to HS)

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

NYMAG: Russia’s New Decemberists

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

http://nymag.com/news/features/russian-revolutionaries-2012-1/ (thanks to TV)

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Putin thinks he’s treated like tubgirl

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

(referral from MH) In a verbal sparring match with Alexei Venediktov, editor-in-chief of nominally independent Ekho Moskvy, a.k.a. this guy: Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin maintained that he is a champion of free speech and allows the semi-independent radio station … Continue reading →

Posted in Lost in Translation | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Бунт в России!

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

This takes some real backbone, an unsanctioned concert on Red Square where the group Pussy Riot played a song with the chorus “Rebellion in Russia”, The Moscow Times reports that half the group’s singers were in police custody. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/female-rockers-hold-unsanctioned-performance-on-red-square/451397.html (From … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | 1 Comment

Travels in Siberia

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

From TV and HS comes a recommendation of Ian Frazier’s diary of a Russian road trip: “Travels in Siberia” I think this passage, written while Frazier was in Irkutsk, best encapsulates the tragic romanticism of the Russia we fall in … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Alex Ovechkin and Sasha Belyi

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

Arguably Russia’s biggest sports star, Alex Ovechkin demonstrates his rap and dance skillz in this video he made with Sasha Belyi. For an entertaining but unsurprising read on Ovechkin, I recommend the November 2010 GQ profile of him, in which … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged , , | 1 Comment
Posted on January 10, 2012 by

Months ago flying from Russia to the US I was seated next to an old woman with one of those beautiful Russian names that I can’t even remember right now – it may have been something soft like Inna or … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Personal | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Anna Chapman, Again

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

I honestly thought I would never post about her again, but SB just sent a surprisingly in-depth feature on Anna Chapman that ran in Capital New York. I guess if I were to summarize it, the article describes what could … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

Happy New Year

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

Bringing in 2012 with Joseph Brodsky (III.32): В Новогоднюю ночь я сижу на стуле. Ярким блеском горят кастрюли. Я прикладываюсь к микстуре. Нерв разошелся, как черт в сосуде. Ощущаю легкий пожар в затылке. Вспоминаю выпитые бутылки, вологодскую стражу, Кресты, Бутырки. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment