Back in January last year (oh, it seems so long ago) I was a masters student, with time on my hands, and no responsibility other than to study and learn. And, I thought, what better way to keep track of my thoughts and...
Archive - December 2005
AndyRussia’s Godfathers
If you live in the UK, you might want to check out Russian Godfathers, which will air on BBC2 this Thursday. Basically it looks like it will be a 50 minute roundup of who’s who in Russia, who is on the up, and who...
Treat your Asthma for just $20 a day at our Ukrainian salt mine!
What do you do if you you’ve mined out your salt mine? Why, turn it into a haven for asthma sufferers, of course! In Soviet times a spell in the salt mines was the fate of dissidents and criminals. But today the...
Attack of the Killer Squirrels
Clearly, one should not mess with a siberian squirrel: Squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a Russian park, local media report. Passers-by were too late to stop the attack by the black...