Tag Archives: Putin

Season 2 Finale

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Not bad. I think Lenin takes it. Thanks to SB.

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‘All tucked in’

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

Full credit for this post goes to LP and SB: News that the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez (who was called an ‘outstanding leader and manager and a close friend of Russia’ by Vladimir Putin) will be embalmed and put … Continue reading →

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How you gonna do me like that?

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/video-of-putin-rejecting-priests-kiss-goes-viral/463286.html Article excerpts: – After shaking hands with Moscow region Governor Sergei Shoigu and other society board members, a priest grabs Putin’s hand and bends at the knees to plant a kiss on the back of the head of state’s … Continue reading →

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The Big Pussy Riot Post

Posted on August 20, 2012 by

News on Friday that the three jailed members of Pussy Riot had been handed a 2-year prison sentence for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and enmity” (“хулиганство, совершенное по мотивам религиозной ненависти и вражды“) provoked immediate reactions on the streets … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 10, 2012 by

This past weekend Moscow saw a string of protests organized in opposition to Vladimir Putin’s re-inauguration as President of the Russian Federation. After grassroots demonstrations that had waxed and waned dating back to the parliamentary elections in December, the latest … Continue reading →

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Meet: Ksenia Sobchak

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

I had long-delayed writing a post about Ksenia Sobchak, Russia’s bizarro “It girl” who is compared to Paris Hilton in every article written about her by the Western media, but when Artemy Troitsky said this month on Ekho Moskvy that … Continue reading →

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Putin, Russia, & the West

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

As a counter-point to the soft-focus ARD documentary that was posted here earlier this month, here is a four-part BBC series examining closely Putin’s policies and politics dating back to his appointment as prime minister in 1999. This is a … Continue reading →

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From Ataturk to Mussolini

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

With dissidents too disillusioned (or weary) to build on the momentum they gained in the protests of December and February, the election of Vladimir Putin as the returning President of Russia seems to be less a moment for action than … Continue reading →

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ARD Mediathek: Ich, Putin

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

Fuer’s zweites Mal haben wir eine super Sendung von ARD ueber Rusland. Diesmal geht es um Putin. Mein erster Eindruck: ich wusste nicht, dass er so gut Deutsch kann. Und noch dazu ein Interview mit dem Filmautor Hubert Seipel: http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/0,1518,817232,00.html … Continue reading →

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Pretty cool runnings

Posted on February 17, 2012 by
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