There’s a guy in my apartment block whose first name is Stalin. Well, I thought it was interesting. Anyway, you can learn more about Stalin (the former Soviet leader, not the guy who lives in my building) by...
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Interview: Nathan Hamm
A bit of a change of pace this month, as I interview one of the most prominent and, dare I say, senior, Central Asia bloggers, Nathan Hamm. Nathan founded Registan.net way back in 2003, when he was its only author...
Ukraine picks drag queen for Eurovision – upsets Russians
Ukraine, after winning the coveted (!) Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, seem to have decided to have a little fun with the event this year. They’ve picked Verka Serdyuchka, a drag queen who pokes fun at Russian...
India and Russia to co-operate in developing next-gen MiG?
Winds of Change reports that Russia and India are considering whether to build the next-generation MiG together. From India’s point of view, a firm development agreement that helps finance Russia’s next...
Interview: Sean Guillory
Sean’s Russia Blog is one of the older, hardier Russia blogs, having been running now for almost two and a half years. Initially, like most of us, Sean started out as a solo blogger, but over the past few months...
New blog – российская-федерация
New blogs seem to be lurching to life faster than I can keep up. One of the most recent is российская-федерация, by Heribert Schindler, seems to be majoring on relations between Russia and Germany. But the post that...
Regional elections – guess who won?
Well, the preliminary results are in from the Regional elections that took place across Russia last weekend. It probably won’t surprise you to hear that pro-Putin party United Russia came first in 13 of the 14...
PricewaterhouseCoopers investigated by Russian police
The Moscow offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the largest of the Big Four global accounting firms, were searched by Russian tax police yesterday. PwC are accused of failing to pay 243 million rubles (about $9.3 million)...
Georgia to send 2,000 soldiers to Iraq
Georgia is to more than double the size of its forces in Iraq, from 850 to 2,000. The increase will make Georgia the fourth largest contributor of troops to the Coalition in Iraq, behind the US, UK and South Korea: In...
Interview: Copydude
Copydude, a freelance writer with a bit of a thing for Soviet women, splits his time between the UK and Kaliningrad. In a welcome change of pace, he uses his interview to dispense some grandfatherly wisdom, and to...