President Putin’s speech to the Olympic Committee in Guatemala is widely credited as being one of the key factors that tipped the Winter Olympic vote in Sochi’s favour. And now, you can see the speech in its...
AndyRussian Radio Player Gadget on your Windows Vista Sidebar
Those of you lucky enough to have upgraded to Windows Vista will have discovered the joys of Sidebar Gadgets by now. But have you discovered the joys of Russian sidebar gadgets for Vista?? My favourite so far has to...
Russia’s Sochi to host the 2014 Winter Olympics
Congratulations to Sochi which was awarded the 2014 Winter Olympics after a nailbiting vote last night. Sochi secured 51 votes at a meeting of International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegates in Guatemala, beating its...
Gazprom’s private army
The Russian Duma has today voted in favour of allowing Gazprom to form its own private army. Reuters reports: A law backed by 341 lawmakers in the 450-seat State Duma lower house of parliament gave Gazprom, and oil...
Allofmp3 dies, and is reborn
The Russian government has finally bitten the bullet, decided it wants to be in the World Trade Organisation more than it wants to be seen as a haven of music piracy, and closed Allofmp3.com. The site, Allofmp3.com, was...
Berezovsky trial begins, also charged with plotting coup
Yesterday was a busy day for Boris Berezovsky. Well, actually, the man himself was probably sat at home in London sipping a particularly fine wine, but it was a busy day for his prosecutors over in Moscow. Not only...
Putin advance team caught passing fake $100 bill
So, Putin’s coming to visit George W Bush in Kennebunkport this weekend, and his advance guard are in town, checking out the place. Now, Kennebunkport isn’t the most exciting place to be if you’re a...
Fractures within the Russian opposition?
In a must read article, Global Voices reports on some of the fractures in the broad Russian opposition. Maria Gaidar was prevented from addressing the crowd by, allegedly, Eduard Limonov, leader of the National...
90% of Russians drink anti-freeze
A BBC poll reported that 90% of Russians regularly drink anti-freeze. But not all was as it seemed. Russian bloggers, taking exception to a Russian language BBC article about alcohol abuse in Izhevsk, decided to spam...
Future History – The decline and fall of Russia
Every now and then, someone pops up and says that, for Russia the end is nigh: the oil boom is unsustainable, the population is falling, the Chinese are coming, the vodka will run out that sort of thing. But, if...