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...
Archive - November 2008
AndyRussia Blog Roundup – 16 November
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. Now, on to this...
Does Ukraine hold the key to Russia’s future?
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 25 years and, in...
What if the Romanovs had been restored?
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 to...
Russia Blog Roundup – 10 November
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 new website this week:...
Introducing my new website: Russian News Online
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 once every morning, while I’m drinking my coffee...
Medvedev’s speech – world misses point
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 about? That...
Russia Blog Roundup – 1 November
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. ...