Tag Archives: Censorship

Stick a Fork in Him, He’s Done

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

Forgot to post an article from February that, in my view, is in the running for most absurd story of the year. Poor Dmitri Medvedev. A speech he gave to honor Russia’s special forces while he was still president of … Continue reading →

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Food Packaging and Sex

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

Last week the Russian food packaging industry had multiple brushes with sexual politics. For one, the re-naming of Kraft to ‘Mondelez’ is raising eyebrows in Russia as the name apparently sounds like a Russian term for oral sex. (“манда-лиз”) I … Continue reading →

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Arrrrrr

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

Pirate Party Refused Registration Over Name 22 March 2011 In a bizarre twist, the Justice Ministry has failed to distinguish between sea rovers and copyright infringers by refusing to register the Russian version of the Pirate Parrrrrty, a global movement … Continue reading →

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Censorship in Russia

Posted on August 11, 2010 by

So I’m going to paraphrase this Moscow Times story for humor’s sake: Basically, the censorship laws in Russia make it extremely easy for police officials to add entries to the list of banned works, including written works and videos, but … Continue reading →

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