The Italian Press are reporting that Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich lost one of his $500,000 yachts in a game of poker last week. Apparently Abramovich has become quite a serious (although apparently not too good)...
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In Siberia: Blog and Podcast
George C. Voegeli was a member of the 8,000 strong American Expeditionary Force (AEF) sent to Siberia during the Russian Civil War. Although not supposed to keep a diary, he managed by keeping it under cover. Then, once...
Russia Blog Roundup – 29 April
After your sage advice from last week I’ve decided that, rather than post a weekly news update (which, lets face it, you can get anywhere) I thought I’d re-start my weekly roundup of great posts from around...
How you can use Twitter to connect with other people interested in Russia
How you can find people on Twitter who are interested in Russia, and how to follow breaking news about Russia.
Russian Weekly News: #21
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...
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...