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Archive - January 2008
Top 5 Russia Blogs
A 100% subjective list of the best Russia Blogs out there. If you're looking for something to read about Russia, this is the place to start.
Russia flexes its military muscle
Russia announces it is to resume military parades in Red Square for the first time since the Cold War and launches a major naval exercise just off the French coast.
Kasyanov’s Presidency bid hit by criminal investigation
A criminal investigation has been launched into claims of electoral fraud by leading liberal candidate Mikhail Kasyanov.
Khalkhin-Gol: The forgotten battle that shaped WW2
In August 1939, just weeks before Hitler invaded Poland, the Soviet Union and Japan fought the largest tank battle the world had ever seen
Russia ‘wins’ British Council battle?
The British Council's offices are to finally close amid fears for the safety of the Council's Russian staff
British Gov’t: Russia intimidating British Council staff
The British Council's Russian staff are questioned by the FSB, and the son of a prominent former British politician is arrested as tensions rise
British Council opens in defiance of Russian ban
The British Council has raised the stakes in its dispute with the Russian government by opening two of its offices in defiance of a Russian ban