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  • Russia’s Roscomos: Official proposal to the US to investigate Phobos Grunt – BIG NO!

    Windows to Russia
    admin
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:57 am
    This is interesting: Roscomos the Russian Federal Space Agency requested the help and expertise of the United States to take part in the investigation of the Phobos Grunt automatic interplanetary apparatus. This request was after a rebuke by the US over one of the versions of failure was that the Russian interplanetary station might have been affected by a U.S. radar… In fact the Western media made big jokes and the government in America made scoffs about Russia and her space program and then fed lots of Kool-Aid to the masses about how Russia is using the US as a scapegoat to cover her…

  • Stick to your knitting madam

    The Last Ditch
    Tom Paine
    21 Jan 2012 | 6:53 am
    Sarah Duncan Knitwear - SDK - 01225 333730 - sdkbath.com.If you are in the market for mumsy knitwear in Bath, might I respectfully suggest that you steer clear of this particular shop? The owner, as can be seen here, is a nasty piece of work. That she is a spectacularly bad, selfish and inconsiderate parker is bad enough but would not rate a mention. She is also however an outright opponent of civil liberties who claims to believe it's illegal to film anyone without their consent. How does she think the BBC films street scenes? Or maybe it's just her consent that's required? Or that of her…

  • Russian man denies Microsoft's botnet creating accusation

    Russia News latest RSS headlines - Russia News.Net
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:10 am
    A Russian man accused by Microsoft of being the alleged operator of a huge botnet attack, has insisted that he is innocent.

  • Laying Low

    The Moscow Times
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm
    I know I sound like a dog trainer on drugs, but bear with me just a little bit longer. You'll thank me some day.

  • Russian election commission ousts Yavlinsky from presidential race - video

    World news: Russia | guardian.co.uk
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:38 am
    Vladimir Churov, the chairman of Russia's central election commission introduced a vote resolution to ban the Yabloko party leader from participating in the presidential elections
 
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    The Moscow Times

  • Laying Low

    26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm
    I know I sound like a dog trainer on drugs, but bear with me just a little bit longer. You'll thank me some day.

  • Protests' Ogre Churov Insists He Is Apolitical

    26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Caricatures of him as a sneering, bearded magician are seen at almost every protest, and the Russian blogosphere is filled with satirical diatribes painting him as an evil puppet master manipulating the electoral system from behind the scenes.

  • Gold Magnates Discussing Merger

    26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Polyus Gold International's and Polymetal International's billionaire owners are considering merging the gold miners to create the world's ninth-largest producer of the metal.

  • Protest Leaders Skip Duma Round Table

    26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Organizers of the recent election protests skipped a meeting Thursday put together by senior United Russia party leaders to open a dialogue over the turbulence unsettling the country's political establishment.

  • Kazakh Police Face Charges

    26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm
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    World news: Russia | guardian.co.uk

  • Russian election commission ousts Yavlinsky from presidential race - video

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:38 am
    Vladimir Churov, the chairman of Russia's central election commission introduced a vote resolution to ban the Yabloko party leader from participating in the presidential elections

  • Russian expat invasion of Cyprus also has sinister overtones

    Luke Harding
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:11 pm
    Many Russians have made their home on the holiday island, but the Putin regime seems to be reaching deep into the tiny nationA mysterious Russian cargo ship limped into the Cypriot port of Limassol, this month, forced to seek shelter from a violent storm.Hidden on board the MS Chariot were four containers packed with 60 tonnes of ammunition for AK-47s and for rocket launchers. The shipment had come from Moscow's state arms company, Rosoboronexport; its shadowy purchaser was none other than the Syrian government.Cyprus, an EU member since 2004, was supposed to seize the cargo. The weapons…

  • Toy figure protests in Barnaul, Russia - gallery

    26 Jan 2012 | 9:41 am
    Police in Siberian city ask prosecutors to investigate legality of protest involving display of toy figures holding miniature placards

  • Doll 'protesters' present small problem for Russian police

    Miriam Elder
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:30 am
    Police in Siberian city ask prosecutors to investigate legality of protest involving display of toy figures holding miniature placardsRussian police don't take kindly to opposition protesters – even if they're 5cm high and made of plastic.Police in the Siberian city of Barnaul have asked prosecutors to investigate the legality of a recent protest that saw dozens of small dolls – teddy bears, Lego men, South Park figurines – arranged to mimic a protest, complete with signs reading: "I'm for clean elections" and "A thief should sit in jail, not in the Kremlin"."Political opposition forces…

  • Vladimir Putin plans 100-book Russian canon all students must read

    Alison Flood
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:58 am
    The Russian prime minister prescribes his top 100 books for the nationVladimir Putin has laid out his plans to compile a canon of 100 Russian books "that every Russian school leaver will be required to read" in an attempt to preserve the "dominance of Russian culture".In an article running to more than 4,500 words in Russia's Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper, the Russian prime minister writes that "in the 1920s, some leading universities in the United States advocated something referred to as the Western Canon, a canon of books regarded as the most important and influential in shaping Western…
 
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    Легкая атлетика России

  • Оптимистичный Войцеховский

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:23 am
    Чемпион мира в прыжке с шестом Павел Войцеховский восстановился после перелома скулы и станет одним из главных действующих лиц турнира в Быдгоще.

  • Спринтеры. Хорошие и разные.

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:04 am
    Кестон Бледмен нуждается в деньгах, Кристоф Лемэтр строит планы, а Лоло Джонс появится на обложке журнала.

  • Потрясающий дебют

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:08 pm
    Эфиопский бегун Айеле Абшеро в дебютном для себя марафоне показал четвертый результат в мире за всю историю.

  • Клишина открывает сезон

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:12 am
    Чемпионка Европы в прыжке в длину Дарья Клишина, которая завтра выступит на матче пяти стран в Глазго, рассказала о привычке бороться до конца, семиметровых прыжках и любви к "Русской зиме".

  • Состав сборной России

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:20 am
    В субботу, 28 января, сборная России по легкой атлетике примет участие в матчевой встрече пяти стран, который пройдет в Глазго (Великобритания).
 
 
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    English Russia

  • Welcoming The Liberation Soviet Army During WWII

    ok4u2bu
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:07 am
    Below are photographs taken during World War II to capture people welcoming the Liberation Soviet Army. “Destroy fascism!”, “Marshal Stalin!”, Bulgaria. The Red Army has entered Sofia. Soviet soldiers and citizens of Sofia. Latvia welcomes the Red Army. Liberation of … Read more...

  • Diving Exercise In Volzhsky

    ok4u2bu
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:04 am
    Today, we want to show you again how they train divers in Russia. We chose the 187th training center located in the city of Volzhsky, the Volgograd Region. What does the Army need divers for? First of all, divers inspect … Read more...

  • Backup Bunker Of The Commander-In-Chief

    ok4u2bu
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:02 am
    During World War II, Chistye Prudy Metro Station was used as the headquarters of the General Stuff of the Red Army. Trains would pass the station by and here they also placed an underground office of Commander-in-Chief Joseph Stalin. Later, … Read more...

  • 68 Years Since The Siege Of Leningrad

    ok4u2bu
    28 Jan 2012 | 2:38 am
    It’s been 68 years since the Siege of Leningrad. We post the following photographs highlighting the city’s infrustructure, advertisements, signs, etc. The photo above was taken in 1941. It pictures air balloons which were used to prevent German aircrafts from … Read more...

  • Underwater World Of Alexander Semenov

    kulichik
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:40 pm
    Alexander Semenov graduated from the bilogical faculty of the Moscow State University and has been working as a senior researcher at a biological station assigned to the University. Today he is in charge of a group of divers and has … Read more...
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    Sean's Russia Blog

  • Children’s Choir of the USSR

    Sean
    4 Jan 2012 | 8:50 am
    More holiday catch-up. BBC Documentaries did a program on the Children’s Choir of the USSR. A good way to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union. Here’s a performance of Crocodile Gena:  

  • Stephen Cohen on Democracy Now!

    Sean
    4 Jan 2012 | 8:33 am
    I’m not sure how I missed this, but Amy Goodman did a segment on Democracy Now! with Stephen Cohen. Topics include the Russian protests, the Communist Party, and the general political mood of the populace. Decent discussion, I thought.

  • Navalny the Unifier

    Sean
    30 Dec 2011 | 9:22 pm
    It’s a few days old, but I wanted to draw readers’ attention to an article I wrote for the Exiled on Alexei Navalny as a potential unifier of Russia’s middle class and nationalists. Here’s a snippet: On December 5, the day after Russia’s Duma elections, the anti-corruption crusader and popular blogger, Alexei Navalny, told a raucous crowd, “I want to say to you: Thank you. Thank you for playing you part as a citizen. Thank you for telling these assholes, ‘We’re here!’ For telling the bearded [Electoral Commission head Vladimir] Churov and his superiors: ‘We…

  • Red Autobiographies

    Sean
    30 Dec 2011 | 9:12 pm
    I recently published a review of Igal Halfin‘s Red Autobiographies: Initiating the Bolshevik Self in the journal NEP Era: Soviet Russia, 1921-1928 (vol. 5, 2011). For those who want a taste of my academic work, here’s the review’s opening paragraph: For more than fifteen years, Igal Halfin has been a master craftsman in the academic cottage industry of “Soviet subjectivity.”  His work is essential reading, and his texts provide both historical and methodological inroads for the ways discourse enveloped Soviet citizens’ self-representation. While his arguments remain…

  • Why are Russians Protesting Now?

    Sean
    9 Dec 2011 | 10:52 pm
    As a day of protests against Sunday’s Duma election begins in Russia’s Far East, the big question is why are people protesting now? After all, it’s not like this is the first Russian election with shenanigans, fraud, etc, etc. It is, however, the first one when Vladimir Putin and his party, United Russia, are dropping in approval ratings. Still, VVP still garners, according to the last tally, a 67 percent approval rating. And if you buy that the elections were close to the will of the people, United Russia still polled 49.3%. But that is if you buy the results, which many,…
 
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    Siberian Light

  • Nerpa Nuclear Submarine delivered to India

    Andy Young
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:12 am
    A Russian Akula II SubmarineRussia has formally handed over the Nerpa, an Akula class nuclear submarine, to India. The Nerpa, along with a second Akula submarine to be handed over shortly, will be leased to India for ten years in a deal thought to be worth $2 billion. Under the terms of the deal, once the ten year deal expires, India has an option to then buy the two submarines outright. In a ceremonial handover attended by the Indian ambassador, the Indian flag was raised over the submarine – now rechristened the INS Chakra – and control was handed entirely to its Indian crew…

  • Yavlinsky and Mezentsev barred from Russian Election

    Andy Young
    25 Jan 2012 | 6:58 am
    The Central Election Commission (CEC) has confirmed liberal Yabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky and independent candidate Dmitry Mezentsev will not be allowed to enter the 2012 Russian Presidential Election. Although both candidates claimed that they had obtained the 2 million signatures needed for a candidate from a party not represented in the Duma to secure a place on the ballot, the CEC said that more than 5% of each candidate’s signatures (the maximum allowed) were invalid. In Yavlinsky’s case, the CEC reported that almost a quarter of his signatures were invalid – mostly…

  • Mystery of Russian Spy in Canada

    Andy Young
    22 Jan 2012 | 7:04 am
    Jeffrey Delisle - A Russian Spy in Canada?After Canadian Navy officer Jeffrey Delisle (pictured, left) was arrested, accused of spying for Russia, the Canadian Government moved quickly to expel four Russian diplomats. Or did they? The Russian Government has hotly denied that its diplomats were linked to Delisle, and claimed that they left Canada as part of a long-planned rotation of embassy staff. As evidence they pointed out that Konstantin Kopalkov must have known of his departure well in advance – otherwise, how else would he have been able to hold his leaving party in Ottawa on…

  • Prokhorov and Yavlinsky collect 2 million signatures needed to run for Russian President

    Andy Young
    16 Jan 2012 | 11:59 am
    Opposition politicians Mikhail Prokhorov and Grigory Yavlinsky have each announced that they have collected the two million signatures needed for them to enter the 2012 Russian Presidential election race. Prokhorov, who with $18 billion to his name is Russia’s third richest man, plans to run as an independent candidate with no party backing and Yavlinsky plans to run as a candidate of the liberal Yabloko party. Both made announcements via their Facebook pages and both plan to submit the signatures they have collected to the Central Election Commission for inspection. Complex approval…

  • Phobos-Grunt Mars Probe falls to earth

    Andy Young
    16 Jan 2012 | 1:43 am
    Phobos-Grunt, the Russian space probe intended to explore Mars, crashed back to earth late on Sunday evening. Defense Ministry official Alexei Zolotukhin told reporters tersely that “Phobos-Grunt fragments have crashed down in the Pacific Ocean”. There’s not much official news from the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos yet though, other than information narrowing down the ultimate crash site to an empty area of the Pacific Ocean around 1,250 miles east of Southern Chile. Others, however, are claiming that some fragments actually landed in Brazil, thousands of miles to the North…
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    White Sun of the Desert

  • Some Snippets of News from Nigeria

    Tim Newman
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:07 am
    Policeman set ablaze in Oyo for ‘killing’ driver A police corporal, Olufemi Ajayi, was yesterday set ablaze in Ayete, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, by an irate mob, after he allegedly shot and killed a commercial driver at a checkpoint. Ajayi, who is attached to Igboora Police Station, allegedly shot the victim, Mr. Emiola Kolade, after a minor argument. Kolade died in a hospital in Igboora. An eyewitness, Alhaji Salau Adele, said: “It all started at one of the many illegal checkpoints on Idere-Ayete road, when the corporal flagged down the driver and demanded a…

  • Complaint Revised

    Tim Newman
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:36 am
    I present these excerpts from two articles about the burning of a Chevron drilling rig offshore Nigeria without comment. The first: “Crude oil” has reportedly washed ashore and been spotted around a partially submerged rig which suffered a gas explosion and continues to burn off Nigeria, a country official has claimed. Some community leaders in the state of Bayelsa have complained of pollution reaching the coast following a blowout on the Chevron-chartered jack-up KS Endeavor early on Monday morning, Peter Idabor, director general of Nigeria’s National Oil Spill Detection & Response…

  • Quote of the Day

    Tim Newman
    22 Jan 2012 | 2:26 am
    From French President Nicolas Sarkozy: Mr Sarkozy said that the question of an early French [military] withdrawal from Afghanistan would arise if security conditions were not re-established.

  • Troubling Reports

    Tim Newman
    16 Jan 2012 | 4:30 am
    As Nigeria’s General Strike enters its second week, there are reports coming in of troops being deployed on the streets of Lagos.  It appears little progress was made over the weekend (when the strikes were called off and we all managed to do some grocery shopping).  Equally worrying are the reports that President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the arrest of those believed to be behind the protests. Firstly, that a politician can order the arrest of anyone speaks volumes about how Nigeria is run.  Secondly, arresting those behind a protest is hardly compatible with granting people the…

  • The Protests in Nigeria: How I am Affected

    Tim Newman
    11 Jan 2012 | 3:31 am
    By being bored to death, that’s how. We are now into our third day of being confined to the residences, or in “lockdown” if we want to dramatise things to folk overseas who may have an influence over next year’s hardship uplift factor.  This has involved us mooching about our apartments, occasionally logging on to the work laptop to see if anyone else is “working from home” (which is about as clever a business idea as the daily report), watching umpteen episodes of whatever TV show we have downloaded purchased at full price recently, and surfing the…
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    Russia Blog

  • Time to End an Obstacle to U.S. Access to the World's 9th-Largest Economy

    20 Jan 2012 | 1:12 am
    President Obama, Use Your Legal Authority to Remove Russia From Jackson-Vanik! In December 2011, the Russian Federation was invited to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). President Barack Obama phoned his Russian counterpart, President Dmitry Medvedev, to congratulate him. The White House released a statement hailing the move: "Russia's membership in the WTO will lower tariffs, improve access to Russia's services markets, hold the Russian government accountable to a system of rules governing trade behavior, and provide the means to enforce those rules. Russia's membership in the WTO will…

  • Photoshop Trick Explodes

    10 Jan 2012 | 1:51 am
    A reform-minded Russian blogger, Alexei Novalny, was the target of a photoshopping scam that tried to link him to the discredited plutocrat Boris Bereshovsky. It looks like something the old KGB might have done, so fingers pointed to the Kremlin where Novalny's blog have been unwelcome lately. To retaliate against whoever smeared him, Mr. Navalny ran the real picture, which showed him standing with presumptive Presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov, a likely rival for Vladimir Putin in the March 4 elections. Then Novalny photoshopped a hilarious procession of other figures--from Stalin and…

  • Russia's Smouldering 'White Revolution'

    4 Jan 2012 | 1:17 pm
    Protesters' poster compares Vladimir Putin to Muammar Gaddafi and mocks him with an old Soviet joke "You're on a faithful path, comrades!" The Putin regime has little to fear from the latest public protests which, despite drawing large crowds, are apolitical. True politics will only become possible in Russia when both the opposition and the regime focus on the tedious work of practical politics, says Nicolai N. Petro in his highly personal view of recent events. Kudos are due to both the Russian police and opposition leaders for having managed the second successful mass protest in Moscow…

  • Happy New Year!

    1 Jan 2012 | 8:11 pm
    Russia Blog Editors wish you a very happy new year! We hope that 2012 will be prosperous and successful for you in every possible way! Please, come back soon for more fresh content on Russia, Former Soviet Union, and U.S.-Russia relations.

  • Church Joins Public Protests of Vote Fraud

    29 Dec 2011 | 8:26 pm
    There are several issues about democracy under discussion in Russia. One is corruption and the stories of major public officials, including V. Putin, enjoying lavish palaces--and owning them?--on a government salary. Powerful elected officials after a few years in any country often come to chafe under the limits to personal wealth that coexist with their much less limited public power. That resentment is the seedbed of public pilf in any country, and that seedbed is apparently well-watered in Russia now. The official typically thinks, "Why is it that I can make others rich, but get nothing…
 
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    Windows to Russia

  • Russia’s Putin: Talks of His Past…

    admin
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:55 am
    “My brother, whom I have never seen and did not know, was buried here, I don’t even know where exactly,” Mr. Putin said flatly during an annual wreath-laying at Piskaryovskoye Cemetery in St. Petersburg, where 470,000 civilians and soldiers were buried in mass graves. A memorial plaque at the site states that 641,803 people died of starvation in the city between 1941 and 1944. “My parents told me that children were taken from their families in 1941, and my mother had a child taken from her — with the goal of saving him,” he said at the event, which marks the anniversary of the…

  • Pallada Russian tall ship on the move…

    admin
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:54 am
    The Pallada Russian tall ship has set out from Vladivostok on a long journey. The naval cadets on board are due to visit South Korea’s Pusan, the Chinese seaports Shanghai and Dalian, Vung Tau in Vietnam, and also Singapore. This year, it is both young Russian seamen and cadets of the Shanghai Ocean University and Singapore Maritime Academy that will do practical training aboard the Russian sailing vessel. The Pallada is due to take part in the Nagasaki Tall Ship Festival. The Russian sail training ship Pallada is in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s fastest sailing vessel.

  • Attacked and crashed by the gate computers located at the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command…

    admin
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:34 am
    Attacked and crashed by the gate computers located at the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Alternating attacks between the computers until our server crashed. They almost fully fill a 1000 site log page with an occasional other site that squeezed in between the onslaught. Look at the picture above and you can see the switching back and forth between IP’s… So what is the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command? Looks like at least three branches of the agency… Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command – Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWARSYSCOM)…

  • Russia’s Roscomos: Official proposal to the US to investigate Phobos Grunt – BIG NO!

    admin
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:57 am
    This is interesting: Roscomos the Russian Federal Space Agency requested the help and expertise of the United States to take part in the investigation of the Phobos Grunt automatic interplanetary apparatus. This request was after a rebuke by the US over one of the versions of failure was that the Russian interplanetary station might have been affected by a U.S. radar… In fact the Western media made big jokes and the government in America made scoffs about Russia and her space program and then fed lots of Kool-Aid to the masses about how Russia is using the US as a scapegoat to cover her…

  • Russia: Has Squat Toilets!

    admin
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:34 am
    I had to smile when I saw a blog article several days ago. It was from a newbie in Russia. They literally had a heart attack when they found the restrooms at the train stations. I had an interesting reaction also in Russia to the very same toilets when I first came here. Now I think that they are great… In the East you will find these type of toilets to be common place and once you get the hang of them, they are really okay… At least your doggy does not get stuck very easy! Kyle & Sveta Windows to Russia!
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  • Paper Wars

    Aarti Ramachandran
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:09 pm
    It’s all-out war, and yes, South Indians plan to relish every minute of it. After all, it is rather gratifying to see the dignified Hindu getting down and dirty with the more boisterous Times. In a recent series of much-discussed ads, The Hindu wittily takes on the Times’ penchant for sensational and tabloid-centric news, urging readers to “stay ahead of the times.” The adverts sharply smack Times of India’s readers for being clueless about everything except inane Bollywood gossip. Yet, the ads are another sign that South India’s grand old paper itself is finally catching up to…

  • Unsafe Abortions on the Rise

    Cassandra Clifford
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:20 pm
    Photo by EuroWeb The right to life is unquestionably one of the biggest human rights debates in the United States. Some argue there is never an acceptable reason for the termination of a pregnancy, others will allow it in the case of a medical emergency or to save the life of the mother, some are for the use of only early term abortion, others argue that it is simply the mother’s choice.  The recent March for Life in DC this month is only one manifestation of this debate, which has been a major battle amongst individuals and parties since the historic Roe vs. Wade decision. However,…

  • Standing up for Women’s Rights

    Catherine Shakdam
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:03 pm
    Amal Hassan, a young mother of three, began fighting to promote women’s rights in Yemen based on her own experiences of injustice. Amal always aspired to better herself academically as she felt she truly came alive when she was learning new things, her mind opening up to novel possibilities and ideas. Like many women across Yemen, Amal is bright and gifted, she only wanted to be given the opportunity to choose her path in life, not to be forced onto a mold by others. Raised in a traditional Muslim Yemeni household which idea of morality and properness was to stifle their girls and…

  • Toy Story: Revolt of the Little Guys

    Vadim Nikitin
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:39 am
    “Political opposition forces are using new technologies to carry out public events” lamented an exasperated Russian police chief yesterday. What are these insidious technologies? Twitter? Talking spy rocks (wait, those are British!)? Putin’s beloved nano-particles? Wait, he was getting to that. The protesters are “using toys with placards at mini-protests”, he concluded. That’s right: toys. Protesters in Siberia have circumvented the ban on demonstrations by assembling a series of dolls, teddy bears and action figures in the snow, complete with miniature…

  • Know Your Religion

    Sahar Said
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:12 am
    A year ago I stumbled upon an interesting website. After relating a short story, it asked the reader to guess the religious context in which the tale was set. The questions varied from the way women dressed (burqa-esque, fully clad) to the practice of allowing men multiple wives. When I finished taking the quiz and looked up the answers, I realized how pre-programmed my perceptions were. As a Muslim, I was willing to accept that all listed societal vices were somehow traceable to acts of Muslims (albeit not in line with the true teachings of Islam); but what I was not expecting was for these…
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    From Russia with Love

  • Polar Bear Club: Russian Orthodox Style

    19 Jan 2012 | 1:07 pm
    Today is a religious holiday in Russia, the day on which Jesus Christ is thought to have been baptized. And so it is that each January 19th, devotees of Orthodoxy follow suit in a way and jump into icy rivers of Russia in hopes of having their sins forgiven. The ritual includes genuflecting and bobbing under the water several times.This evening two members of my Bible archeology class came

  • Russia Celebrates *Old New Year*

    13 Jan 2012 | 1:30 pm
    Families across Russia are preparing to celebrate the Old New Year this evening. This is not an official holiday on the calendar but by the time the fireworks fade away, Russia's holiday season will be a wrap. The Old New Year is a throwback to the past. And oh my goodness, as fascinating as it is, this drama between the Gregorian and Julian calendars gets complicated. So tell you what, check

  • Dragons Overtake the City

    3 Jan 2012 | 2:48 am
    Three days into the new year and Rostov is besieged with dragons. They're everywhere ~ on the streets, in markets and, thanks to well-meaning friends, two are now living with me. Welcome to 2012, the Year of the Dragon.As you may know, as per the Chinese Horoscope legend, one of 12 animals takes its turn to rule the year. Some cultures are serious this. We can assume that China is totally gung-ho

  • A Mama for Galina: Celebrating Adoptions

    14 Nov 2011 | 2:26 pm
    A little blond left her place in line, skipped over to me and announced, I have a mama. With that, she rejoined the other children.I had just arrived at the orphanage, home to 100-some abandoned little ones and was chatting with a caretaker of the oldest group. The children were lined up, waiting to go outside when the little cutie, probably not even 3, broke out of line to tell me her happy news

  • Sowing Seeds: Joys, Challenges and Lessons Learned

    9 Aug 2011 | 12:03 am
    I told you in plain Russian, Nyet! You're not going! At that announcement, four children's faces fell.Our sister Nina had run up the block to check on a family we'd met when giving out invitations for our upcoming vacation Bible school. Sister Nina giving out invitations to our weekend children's program. The mother had been pleasant enough with four children, school-aged and younger, milling
 
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    The Last Ditch

  • Life is not fair to women: Discuss

    Tom Paine
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:38 pm
    CARPE DIEM: Women Have Less Political Ambition Than Men. So? Why does this issue matter to a libertarian? Because special pleading by lobby groups is a primary cause of unnecessary legislation. As law is an evil to be avoided unless the alternative is a greater evil, unnecessary legislation saps liberty; Like most gender differences in outcomes, there only ever seems to be concern when women are under-represented in fields like politics, and never any concern when men are under-represented for outcomes like bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctor's degrees, graduate school enrollment,…

  • Public Drunkenness and Pomposity

    Tom Paine
    21 Jan 2012 | 8:18 am
    Public Drunkenness Can Never Be a Social Norm - Iain Dale - Dale & Co..Apropos of my previous post and the widespread delusion that candid photography is against the law, Iain Dale is busy digging himself deeper into a hole after an ill-advised photographic tweet on his way home last night (click to enlarge). I defend his freedom of speech, of course, but I think he should be happy the lady cannot be identified as the publication is arguably libellous. As a libertarian, I think the laws of defamation fall under the category of "de trop", but for so long as they exist (and they have been…

  • Stick to your knitting madam

    Tom Paine
    21 Jan 2012 | 6:53 am
    Sarah Duncan Knitwear - SDK - 01225 333730 - sdkbath.com.If you are in the market for mumsy knitwear in Bath, might I respectfully suggest that you steer clear of this particular shop? The owner, as can be seen here, is a nasty piece of work. That she is a spectacularly bad, selfish and inconsiderate parker is bad enough but would not rate a mention. She is also however an outright opponent of civil liberties who claims to believe it's illegal to film anyone without their consent. How does she think the BBC films street scenes? Or maybe it's just her consent that's required? Or that of her…
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  • Lolita's broken life...

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
     Excerpt from Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov                         "I'll die if you touch me," I said.  "You are sure you are not coming with me?  Is there no hope of your coming?  Tell me only this.""No," she said.  "No, honey, no.She had never called me honey before."No," she said, "it is quite out of the question.  I would sooner go back to Cue.  I mean-" She groped for words.  I supplied them mentally ("He broke my heart. You merely broke my life").        …

  • Determination today...better health tomorrow!

    26 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    On Monday, I got to work and realized that I had forgotten the power cord for my computer.  Our first client of the day was male so I knew that I had time to dash home to get it.  Tom suggested that I walk instead of using the car.  I was a bit put out...I mean it was only a five minute drive.  Then I thought about it.  The walk would be good for me.  And we were getting low on gas and pay day was not until the end of the month.  So, I walked home.  When I got to the house 15 minutes later I realized that the walk was not horrible.  It didn't kill…

  • Thought for today...

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:34 am
    I took this photo on Hummingbird Highway on the way to Dangriga.  We were out sightseeing that day.  It was our first weekend with the new car.  It is hard to believe that a year has passed so quickly.  I had Tom stop the car so I could snag this photo.  He is used to me making requests like this and he pulled over long enough for me to get the shot.  We work together like that...after 30 years together it just seems natural.How important is unity?Unity at home.  Unity in neighborhoods.  Unity in a country.  Does it really make a difference to the…

  • Tasty Tuesday...what your cravings mean

    24 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    I came across the handy chart on Pinterest.  This is fascinating to me.  Not long ago I blogged about my sugar cravings.  And now I can clearly see what my body is missing when I have those cravings and what real foods can give me the nutrients that I am needing at the time.  How awesome is that?!sourceNot only do I love sweets but salty foods too.  Popcorn and potato chips are my weaknesses.  Tom and I are both looking to make better choices with food.  As the one who does the cooking I feel a greater responsibility to make sure that I am doing my part…

  • Celebrating Chinese New Year and counting the gifts...

    23 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    There is a first time for everything.  And yesterday we celebrated Chinese New Year for the first time!We attend a multi ethnic church here in Belize and one of the ethnicities represented is Chinese.  As part of his message Pastor Han told us about the beginning of Bethel Disciples Church.  It began with a group of Chinese believers who came together to worship.  And they called Pastor Han, a Korean, to be their pastor.  He does not speak Mandarin so he preached in English and used a translator.  Others heard about the church and began to attend.  And now…
 
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  • Welcoming The Liberation Soviet Army During WWII

    ok4u2bu
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:07 am
    Below are photographs taken during World War II to capture people welcoming the Liberation Soviet Army. “Destroy fascism!”, “Marshal Stalin!”, Bulgaria. The Red Army has entered Sofia. Soviet soldiers and citizens of Sofia. Latvia welcomes the Red Army. Liberation of … Read more...

  • Diving Exercise In Volzhsky

    ok4u2bu
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:04 am
    Today, we want to show you again how they train divers in Russia. We chose the 187th training center located in the city of Volzhsky, the Volgograd Region. What does the Army need divers for? First of all, divers inspect … Read more...

  • Backup Bunker Of The Commander-In-Chief

    ok4u2bu
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:02 am
    During World War II, Chistye Prudy Metro Station was used as the headquarters of the General Stuff of the Red Army. Trains would pass the station by and here they also placed an underground office of Commander-in-Chief Joseph Stalin. Later, … Read more...

  • 68 Years Since The Siege Of Leningrad

    ok4u2bu
    28 Jan 2012 | 2:38 am
    It’s been 68 years since the Siege of Leningrad. We post the following photographs highlighting the city’s infrustructure, advertisements, signs, etc. The photo above was taken in 1941. It pictures air balloons which were used to prevent German aircrafts from … Read more...

  • Underwater World Of Alexander Semenov

    kulichik
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:40 pm
    Alexander Semenov graduated from the bilogical faculty of the Moscow State University and has been working as a senior researcher at a biological station assigned to the University. Today he is in charge of a group of divers and has … Read more...
 
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