A few years ago, I used to post a weekly news update to Siberian Light – basically a series of bullet points with the main headlines from the past week. You can see the weekly news archives here. I’m...
Archive - 2009
AndyRugby: Northampton Wanderers 61-17 VVA-Podmoskovie
A little bit of history was made last weekend, when Russian champions VVA Podmoskovie became the first Russian Rugby Union team to play against a top flight English club.
The Russian Store Blog – store blogging done right
The Russian Store Blog - a bonkers guide to Matrioshka dolls and finding the right size Russian hat
Comrades, good news! Is now officially safe to F*ck with Stalin!
Stalin advertising Durex condoms - mock Soviet propaganda poster.
Court kicks Alexander Lebedev out of Sochi Mayor’s Race
A Sochi court kicks Alexander Lebedev out of the race to become Sochi's next mayor.
British Foreign Office bloggers in Russia
An introduction to the growing number of Russia bloggers in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Moldovan Protesters Storm Parliament in Orangey, Twittery Revolution
A 10,000 strong demonstration by (mostly) pro-Western, pro-Liberal protestors in Moldova has turned into an opportunistic storming of the Parliament building in Chisnau and the whiff of revolution is in the air. The...
Rugby: Georgia beat Russia to top European Nations Cup table
Note: This post was updated on 6 April 2009 to make clear that the European Nations Cup is a two year tournament, and that neither Russia nor Georgia have yet qualified for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Georgia beat Russia...
Tiger Lillies Russia Concert
If you’re in Russia and looking for an unusual night out, you might want to check out British band the Tiger Lillies (here’s the Russian Tiger Lillies site), who are playing at the Cisterna Hall, Moscow on...
Did Putin meet Reagan?
Speculation is whizzing around the internet that a photo from the 1980s shows a KGB-era Vladimir Putin standing next to US President Ronald Reagan in Red Square, pretending to be a tourist. Here’s the picture...