Russian loony Far Right leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky has been setting working hard to save his roubles in the current financial crisis. Clearly no fan of personal hygeine, he explains his money saving regime: “I...
Before I kick of this week’s best posts, I wanted to point you in the direction of Misha’s Russia Blog. Scroll down to the Gorbachev Obama post for the coolest picture of the week....
The MIT World Policy Journal is celebrating its 25th anniversary by making access to its Fall 2008 journal for free until the end of November. The 25th anniversary issue looks ahead to the next...
Martin Gilbert, writing in the Times, imagines an entirely different end to the First World War: Imagine: in October 1918, Lloyd Georges Cabinet is planning for a prolonged struggle in 1919. Haigs solution promises...
Before I kick off this week’s (or, rather, last week’s – sorry, running a bit behind!) roundup of the best blog posts about Russia, I just wanted to remind you that I launched a...
I don’t know about you, but I find it a really difficult to keep up with all the news and blogs about Russia. What I really need is one page that I can visit...
Dmitry Medvedev gives his first annual state of the nation speech, and announces that he’d like to extend the Russian Presidential term from 4 to 6 years. So what does the world’s press write...
Welcome to this week’s roundup. Without further ado, here’s my pick of this week’s blog posts about Russia: This week saw Komsomol’s 90th anniversary and everyone’s been writing about it. Sean’s Russia Blog has...
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