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  • Russia needs to reclaim its 'digital sovereignty' from US, says MP

    World news: Russia | guardian.co.uk
    Miriam Elder
    19 Jun 2013 | 6:30 am
    Sergei Zheleznyak says Kremlin should create its own 'backdoor' access following revelations of NSA's internet surveillanceA prominent Russian MP has called on the country to boost its "digital sovereignty" and wean its citizens off foreign websites following revelations that the US was operating surveillance systems to spy on foreigners' electronic communications.Sergei Zheleznyak, a member of the ruling United Russia party and deputy speaker of the lower house of parliament, wrote in a column published on Wednesday that the revelations, leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, should prompt…

  • Russian Advanced Weapons for Syria

    Windows to Russia
    Kyle Keeton
    19 Jun 2013 | 4:29 am
    Unrevealed Secrets of Vladimir Putin’s Recent Visit to London: by Dam-Press. (Translated from the Arabic) During his recent visit to London and meeting with British Prime Minister Cameron, President... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Memorial Feast Divine: Making Unleavened Bread

    From Russia with Love
    30 Mar 2013 | 5:23 am
    We're surrounded by statues here in the former USSR, a salute to people who have survived much, who remember so much, who regularly pause to honor those to whom honor is due. The thing is, while statues do grab our attention, they are big, bulky and expensive. They have their limitations. Jesus Christ himself asked to be memorialized not in stone carvings but through a memorial feast that He

  • China and Russia’s Human Trafficking Leads to Sanctions

    Russia News latest RSS headlines - Russia News.net
    19 Jun 2013 | 4:20 pm
    Playing cards showing details of missing children are displayed in 2007 in Beijing, China. The cards showing photographs and information of 27 missing children were created by Shen Hao, the founder of a missing persons website to be handed out in areas notorious for child trafficking. China has just been put on a list of countries of serious concern for human trafficking. (China Photos/Getty ...

  • Central Bank Head, in Parting Shot, Warns on Inflation

    The Moscow Times
    19 Jun 2013 | 8:54 am
    The Central Bank's departing chairman sought on Wednesday to anchor his inflation-fighting legacy, warning of the risks to price stability that the government's push for a weaker ruble could entail.
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  • China and Russia’s Human Trafficking Leads to Sanctions

    19 Jun 2013 | 4:20 pm
    Playing cards showing details of missing children are displayed in 2007 in Beijing, China. The cards showing photographs and information of 27 missing children were created by Shen Hao, the founder of a missing persons website to be handed out in areas notorious for child trafficking. China has just been put on a list of countries of serious concern for human trafficking. (China Photos/Getty ...

  • Iran Has No Plan to Sell Crude Oil to Russia

    19 Jun 2013 | 4:12 pm
    Iranian Oil Ministry spokesman Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar has said Iran has not been in talks with Russia for the sale of crude oil to its northern neighbour, ISNA reported. Referring to some news which has been published by some media outlets, Nikzad-Rahbar said that there is basically no infrastructure for transferring crude oil from southern Iran to the Caspian Sea. On Tuesday, the Mehr ...

  • Mass Disorder Plotting Case

    19 Jun 2013 | 4:02 pm
    Russian prosecutors have charged opposition activists Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev with plotting mass riots during a demonstration in Moscow last May, their lawyers said on ...

  • Long-Lost Soviet Holocaust Films Under New Spotlight

    19 Jun 2013 | 4:02 pm
    WASHINGTON, June 19 (By Maria Young for RIA Novosti) – Nearly a dozen long-lost, rarely seen Soviet films and scores of screenplays that were never produced about the persecution of Jews during World War II have been revived to offer decades-old evidence of a side of the Holocaust few people recognize today. From the dusty archives of Moscow and elsewhere across Russia, the works are ...

  • Russian Opposition Figures Charged with Plotting Mass Riots

    19 Jun 2013 | 4:02 pm
    MOSCOW, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian prosecutors have charged opposition activists Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev with plotting mass riots during a demonstration in Moscow last May, their lawyers said on ...
 
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  • Central Bank Head, in Parting Shot, Warns on Inflation

    19 Jun 2013 | 8:54 am
    The Central Bank's departing chairman sought on Wednesday to anchor his inflation-fighting legacy, warning of the risks to price stability that the government's push for a weaker ruble could entail.

  • Skolkovo Reality Becoming Less Virtual

    19 Jun 2013 | 8:50 am
    Hovercraft, bionic arms, space tourism and nuclear laptop batteries may all be products of the future to be created and brought to market by Skolkovo, the business education and technology center taking shape on the outskirts of Moscow.

  • Obama Renews Calls for Nuclear Reductions

    19 Jun 2013 | 8:33 am
    President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and said he wanted to reignite the spirit that Berlin displayed when it fought to reunite itself during the Cold War.

  • RDIF Toddling Along With $620M Invested

    19 Jun 2013 | 8:22 am
    The government fund has found global partners and local projects and has big plans to continue expanding its activities.

  • Resilient Consumers Will Save Russia

    19 Jun 2013 | 8:06 am
    The recent slowdown to 1.6 percent growth in the first quarter of 2013, combined with stagnant investment and industrial production and falling corporate borrowing, has prompted the government to review its economic policy.
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    World news: Russia | guardian.co.uk

  • US condemns China, Russia and Uzbekistan for human trafficking

    Annie Kelly
    19 Jun 2013 | 2:50 pm
    State department's annual slavery report relegates three countries to bottom tier for failing to tackle forced labour and widespread exploitationThe US has condemned China, Russia and Uzbekistan for their failure to stem widespread systematic human trafficking and slavery within their borders.The annual Trafficking in Persons (Tip) report, released by the US state department on Wednesday, grades the scale and severity of people-trafficking in 188 countries and territories.It has downgraded China, Russia and Uzbekistan to tier three, the report's lowest ranking, reserved for countries whose…

  • Russia needs to reclaim its 'digital sovereignty' from US, says MP

    Miriam Elder
    19 Jun 2013 | 6:30 am
    Sergei Zheleznyak says Kremlin should create its own 'backdoor' access following revelations of NSA's internet surveillanceA prominent Russian MP has called on the country to boost its "digital sovereignty" and wean its citizens off foreign websites following revelations that the US was operating surveillance systems to spy on foreigners' electronic communications.Sergei Zheleznyak, a member of the ruling United Russia party and deputy speaker of the lower house of parliament, wrote in a column published on Wednesday that the revelations, leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, should prompt…

  • Barack Obama to call for nuclear stockpile reductions in Berlin speech

    19 Jun 2013 | 4:39 am
    US president's proposals will include one-third reduction in American and Russian arsenals, White House saysThe US president, Barack Obama, will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in US and Russian arsenals, the White House has said.Obama will make his case during a speech on Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate. His address comes nearly 50 years after John F Kennedy's famous cold war speech in the then divided city.The president has previously called for reductions to the stockpiles and is not expected to outline a…

  • Explosions rock Russian village after fire at ammunition depot

    18 Jun 2013 | 11:56 pm
    Fireballs erupt into sky and more than 6,000 people evacuated from vicinity of Chapaevsk base in Samara regionExploding shells set off a fire that triggered more blasts at a military depot in southern Russia, injuring about 30 people and causing the evacuation of more than 6,000 from a nearby village, investigators and emergency workers said.No cause has yet been determined for the fire at the Chapaevsk military depot in the Samara region on Wednesday. The federal authorities said it was set off by the "involuntary" explosion of shells.Russian munitions, which frequently date back to the…

  • Explosions at Russian military base - video

    18 Jun 2013 | 11:52 pm
    Thousands were evacuated in Russia's south-western Samara region after ammunition exploded at a military training area
 
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    Легкая атлетика России

  • Заседание Оргкомитета чемпионата мира

    19 Jun 2013 | 12:25 pm
    Министр спорта Виталий Мутко провел заседание Организационного комитета по подготовке и проведению чемпионата мира по легкой атлетике Москва 2013

  • Цюрих 2014: успей купить билет!

    19 Jun 2013 | 2:40 am
    Крупнейшим легкоатлетическим событием летом следующего года станет чемпионат Европы, который пройдет в Швейцарии. Билетов на соревнования осталось уже совсем немного.

  • Лучшие в мае

    19 Jun 2013 | 2:13 am
    Бегунья на 400 м с/б Зузана Хейнова из Чехии и украинский прыгун в высоту Богдан Бондаренко были названы спортсменами месяца по версии Европейской легкоатлетической ассоциации. Александр Меньков и Анна Чичерова вошли в первую тройку.

  • Знаменитые

    19 Jun 2013 | 2:05 am
    Питкямяки травмировался, Мулаудзи уходит из спорта, Миллс настаивает на создании допинг-лаборатории. Болт рассказывает, как бегает стометровку.

  • Состав сборной Великобритании

    18 Jun 2013 | 7:34 am
    Федерация легкой атлетики Великобритании обнародовала список спортсменов, которые выступят на командном чемпионате Европы. Он пройдет в Гейтсхеде 22-23 июня.
 
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    English Russia

  • The Way of Wine

    team
    19 Jun 2013 | 1:41 am
    Right now you are going to see how berries turn into wine. Gathered grapes have to be processed as soon as possible not to sour, we will accompany them to the shop of primary processing. Trucks full of grapes come … Read more...

  • Another Photo Report From the Exclusion Zone

    team
    18 Jun 2013 | 11:14 pm
    Inside of this report you will see how the old sarcophagus of Chernobyl looks like, and how looks the almost finished new one, you will also see two radiological checkpoints at the exit from the exclusion zone, find out if … Read more...

  • Everything Is Ok At the Factory

    team
    18 Jun 2013 | 10:43 pm
    Just a lot of pictures from the assembly factory of Cheboksary, Russia. And no boring captions at all. Location:Cheboksary via martin  

  • Post Arrived

    team
    18 Jun 2013 | 8:27 pm
    This is how they unload postal delivery in Novosibirsk of Russia. It looks so natural for everyone there so nobody is surprised.

  • School Musical

    team
    18 Jun 2013 | 8:23 pm
    In some parts of Russia musicals can be like this – I wonder what was the name of the show? And are the parents aware what their kids are taught?
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    Sean's Russia Blog

  • Russia’s Negative Family Values

    Sean
    13 Jun 2013 | 6:50 am
    This week’s Russia! Magazine column, “Family Values and Putin’s Fourth Pillar,” Last month, the Russian journalist Oleg Kashin called the 23 year old man brutally murdered in Volgograd for being gay a “sacrificial victim.” Kashin argued that the anti-gay rhetoric coming from the Duma would “quiet down” because the murder revealed “state homophobia” which was until then still “virtual” had become “perhaps more convincing than the state itself wished, and has now started materializing into reality.” Kashin was wrong. But I can’t blame him for…

  • Migrants and the Russian Nation

    Sean
    6 Jun 2013 | 3:18 pm
    This week’s Russia! Magazine column, “Migrants and Russia’s Split National Identity,” When asked about migrant workers in a recent interview with Moskovskii novosti, Sergey Sobyanin stated, “Moscow is a Russian (rossiiskii) city and it should remain that way. It’s not Chinese, not Tajik and not Uzbek.” For Sobyanin, it was better for labor migrants, with their poor command of Russian and “totally different culture” to go back to “their countries.” A permanent place in Moscow was only reserved for “Russian speakers, whose culture is compatible with our…

  • Reimagining Russia’s Middle Class

    Sean
    30 May 2013 | 8:28 am
    This week’s Russia! Magazine column, “Russia’s Real Middle Class,” When protests erupted in Moscow in December 2011, pundits held them up as the Russian middle class finally finding its political voice. Press reports, like in the New York Times, described “well traveled and well mannered” throngs of “young urban professionals” clad in “hipster glasses” denouncing fraudulent elections, corruption, and Putin. The Times, like many others, emphasized that the emergence of this newly politicized middle class was not without a measure of irony. They were the…

  • Another Medvedev “Liberal” Purged

    Sean
    29 May 2013 | 2:05 pm
    Another member of Medvedev’s camp has left the building. Sergei Guriev, the renown economist, Medvedev advisor, and rector of the New Economic School in Moscow has fled to France after being questioned by the Investigative Committee about the “Yukos Affair.” What drove him abroad has become a familiar pattern. According to two Guriev confidants, he fled Russia to avoid criminal prosecution by the Investigative Committee. Putin’s oprichniniki raided the NESh looking for Guriev on suspicion that the economic institute received money from Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Another…

  • Results from Putin’s Direct Line

    Sean
    27 May 2013 | 12:56 pm
    Direct Line with Vladimir Putin seeks to solidify the personal bond between President and citizenry. Through a mix of national and local issues, Putin strives to measure the pulse of the nation, assure his people, and send signals to his subordinates. Often lampooned for its staginess, it’s a key component to Putin’s rule. Dismissing Direct Line as mere cultic spectacle undermines its symbolic value in constructing a unified national body. After all, the call-in show serves as one of the few national spaces where vlast and citizen and center and periphery are in, an albeit managed,…
 
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    White Sun of the Desert

  • A Decade in Exile

    Tim Newman
    12 Jun 2013 | 12:54 am
    On June 12th 2003 I was sent on my first overseas business trip to Oman, via the United Arab Emirates, and never really came back.  I consider myself to have emigrated on this date, even if the practical arrangements were sorted out back in the UK over 2 weeks in the following August. Since then I have: Visited 35 countries, 19 of them at somebody else’s expense. Made 192 international border crossings. Worked for 5 companies, been fired from 1. Held a work permit in 4 countries, lived in 5. Learned 2 languages (one to a basic level, the other to intermediate). Got platinum membership…

  • Hunt Ongoing, No Heads Yet Found

    Tim Newman
    6 Jun 2013 | 6:18 pm
    On Wednesday I had an email from a rather excited manpower agent who wanted to talk to me about “a fantastic opportunity with a leading independent operator” in Africa.  I looked to be “a great fit for this position”. Could it be? I replied, asking for some details. It was. Good luck, chaps.

  • Sochi Olympics a ‘Monstrous Scam’

    Tim Newman
    30 May 2013 | 8:24 pm
    According to the opposition politicians, anyway.  Me, I don’t believe it.  It just doesn’t seem credible. A lack of fair competition and secrecy sharply increased the cost, benefitting only businessmen close to President Vladimir Putin, they say in a report. Nonsense!  This sort of thing is entirely without precedent in Russia, which prides itself on transparency, open competition, and politicians who keep a healthy distance between themselves and commercial ventures. A Russian official dismissed the claim. See?  What more proof do you need? He also questioned the wisdom of…

  • How Not To Headhunt

    Tim Newman
    30 May 2013 | 3:31 am
    A few months ago I received an email from a manpower agency representing an independent oil company that was looking to recruit an Engineering Manager to be located in a West African country.  The reason why I didn’t just hit *Delete* as I do with most of these emails is because, for once, the agent had named the company and provided a job description.  This is unusual in the extreme, most of these clowns email you with an exciting opportunity with a company they cannot name in a vague location with a job description “to follow”.  Uh-huh.  I’ve written about this…

  • Early Observations

    Tim Newman
    27 May 2013 | 9:12 pm
    1. The service in Melbourne bars is miles better than in the the UK.  Last Friday night I went to meet a friend in a city centre bar after work and found it absolutely packed – outside.  But inside was merely very busy.  My heart sank, thinking I’d be waiting 20 mins to get served at an understaffed bar, but there I was in under a minute holding a drink.  I found a similar pattern in the (many) other bars we visited that night.  Even when packed, you get served.  I think the difference is Australian bars are staffed properly, i.e. they have enough people working.  In the…
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    Windows to Russia

  • Russian Advanced Weapons for Syria

    Kyle Keeton
    19 Jun 2013 | 4:29 am
    Unrevealed Secrets of Vladimir Putin’s Recent Visit to London: by Dam-Press. (Translated from the Arabic) During his recent visit to London and meeting with British Prime Minister Cameron, President... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Western Apologists…

    Kyle Keeton
    19 Jun 2013 | 3:29 am
    Western Apologist: A person who argues in defense or justification of the Western Empire, even if it means they defend the murder, lies and moral decay – to stand up for the west… This... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • My Business is None of Your Business!

    Kyle Keeton
    19 Jun 2013 | 12:02 am
    My Business: No matter if on the Metro, bus, car, walking or flying. My business is none of your business and that is the Russian way. I shrug my shoulders and total understand that way of thinking.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • JP Morgan’s Man in the White House: Barack Obama’s Legacy of Ashes by John Stanton…

    Kyle Keeton
    18 Jun 2013 | 4:57 am
    At one time, it seems decades ago now, the general thinking in the USA was that President Barack Obama would jolt the American political system into actually doing something beneficial for its... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • G8 is Past: BRICS is Becoming

    Kyle Keeton
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:37 am
    G8 is a relic of a decrepit and descending group of countries, mainly made up of western powers. Canada, France Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom and the United States. Out of these... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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  • Russia’s new anti-gay law: more cynicism than bigotry

    Vadim Nikitin
    13 Jun 2013 | 8:13 am
    Amidst worldwide condemnation, Russia’s parliament passed a law outlawing “homosexual propaganda.” It was definitely a shameful milestone. As of today, The law will make it an offence…to communicate to Russian children and young people that love between two women or two men is “just as socially valuable” as that between a man and a woman. The fines outlined in the draft law vary from 100 euros ($133) for private individuals to more than 23,000 euros for companies or organizations. If the “propaganda” is spread via the media, the fines can be 10…

  • Exit Surkov: The end of postmodern Putinism?

    Vadim Nikitin
    9 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Speculation swirls around today’s sudden resignation of Vladislav Surkov, the Kremlin’s chief ideologue who had thought up “sovereign democracy” and invented the Nashi youth groups. He name-dropped Lacan and Derrida and even allegedly wrote a novel called Almost Zero. And now he might have become just that. Did he jump, or was he pushed? What role was played by the government’s corruption probe into Skolkovo, the innovation hub with which he was associated? And what does all this mean for the future of prime minister Medvedev, in whose camp he supposedly…

  • Boston Bombers: Is America’s Skewed Asylum System to Blame?

    Vadim Nikitin
    22 Apr 2013 | 8:12 am
    As a Russian who first came to America as a small child and later spent his university years in Cambridge, Mass., I felt particularly gripped by the ongoing Boston bomber saga. There remain so many questions about why these two brothers, to whom the U.S. had given shelter, passports, schooling and acceptance, turned so violently and tragically against their adoptive land. But one additional question that I’ve been puzzling over has been: Who let them into the U.S. in the first place, and on what merit? At the risk of sounding like a ranting Tea Party activist, I believe that the…

  • End of an era as Berezovsky dies

    Vadim Nikitin
    23 Mar 2013 | 7:20 pm
    He was the original oligarch: a talented mathematician who had used his smarts and ruthlessness to amass an enormous fortune in the wreckage of the Soviet Union. Eventually, he became one of Russia’s most powerful men, a courtier to former president Boris Yeltsin. Boris Berezovsky went on to survive assassination attempts and even the wrath of Vladimir Putin, as a result of which he has lived in self-imposed exile for the last 13 years. But ironically, unlike his protege Alexander Litvinenko who had succumbed to mysterious Polonium poisoning, the Putin regime against which Berezovsky…

  • What their reaction to the Cyprus bank tax says about Russia’s government – and the opposition

    Vadim Nikitin
    19 Mar 2013 | 7:55 am
    They said it couldn’t be done. But at last, the Kremlin and some of its fiercest liberal critics have found themselves on the same team. The fact that the issue in question is their opposition to the proposed Cypriot bank levies says as much about the regime as the opposition. Try to guess who said the following: Such “confiscation of someone else’s money…unfortunately, was well known and familiar in the Soviet period”. And this? “European civilisation, which was once based on the sanctity of private property, has now become based on socialism. And…
 
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    From Russia with Love

  • Strawberry Shortcake

    10 Jun 2013 | 3:37 pm
    Mondays are a good day to update my blog and occasionally that actually happens. But then at 4:30 pm local time, through the refrigerator door, came the sound of these fresh strawberries begging to be made into strawberry shortcake. Decisions, decisions. Company was coming at 7:00. . . wouldn't they love a classic American dessert? Strawberry Shortcake So here's the result, a culinary

  • Russia's Victory Day, 2013

    9 May 2013 | 12:29 pm
    Today is May 9th, Victory Day, when Russia celebrates the end of the Great Patriotic War, the day when Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally to Soviet forces. Most of us can't imagine having our homeland invaded, seeing our hometown in smoldering ruins, losing fathers, husbands and brothers. But Russia's oldest generation has been there. The losses suffered by Russia during the war were

  • Memorial Feast Divine: Making Unleavened Bread

    30 Mar 2013 | 5:23 am
    We're surrounded by statues here in the former USSR, a salute to people who have survived much, who remember so much, who regularly pause to honor those to whom honor is due. The thing is, while statues do grab our attention, they are big, bulky and expensive. They have their limitations. Jesus Christ himself asked to be memorialized not in stone carvings but through a memorial feast that He

  • Wrapping up Maslenitsa Week

    17 Mar 2013 | 12:59 pm
    It's the final hour of Maslenitsa Week here in Russia, the week when blini, or Russian-style crepes, are cranked out like. . . like hot cakes.No surprise there! ;) Blini are traditional fare for Maslenitsa for reasons both pagan and religious. As per old Slavic tradition, blinis' being round like the sun makes them perfect for welcoming springtime. Then, with pre-Easter fasting just around

  • Welcome March 8th: Black Friday for Russian Florists?

    8 Mar 2013 | 11:58 am
    Today is March 8th, a red day, an official holiday, on the Russian calendar. It's International Women's Day, known simply the Eighth of March, the holiday is one of my personal favorites because, unlike Valentine's Day or Mother's Day, a person is honored simply for having been born female. And that suits me just fine! Men are very busy on the 8th of March, buying flowers and chocolates for the
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    The Last Ditch

  • To the Big Sandy River

    Tom
    18 Jun 2013 | 10:39 pm
    Today started with a disappointment. Rain and mist had descended on our part of South Carolina and the flight in my friend's plane that I had been looking forward to wasn't possible. It would have added another dimension to this tour to have been able to post aerial photographs but it was not to be. I had wrestled in the early hours with planning the next stages, sadly concluding that I couldn't spare the time to divert East a little to visit another old friend from my Eastern Europe days, now living in Charlotte, NC.  So I set off with a heavy heart. The time pressures are building and…

  • On to the Carolinas

    Tom
    18 Jun 2013 | 3:46 am
    Lots of information, as usual, about the things I don't have time to see and do Possibly the only food picture ever taken in a Hooters Restaurant The spectacular view from my friend's mountain home My time in Georgia was all too short. I didn't plan a long run for Monday, as I aimed to visit an old friend from my Moscow days who lives about three hours away in South Carolina. I stopped at the South Carolina Welcome Center to add a waypoint to my map and use the wifi before heading off to find some lunch. My satnav offered a list that included Hooters in Anderson, just off my route. I have…

  • A three state day

    Tom
    16 Jun 2013 | 8:13 pm
    A quiet Sunday morning in Atmore, Alabama My new friends from Arkansas, at the Alabama Welcome Center Florida's less glamorous side Speranza poses for fans in Georgia Arrived in Atlanta, a day ahead of schedule I started in Mississipi, drove to Alabama, diverted to the Florida state line to check off that state and then headed to Georgia. Tonight, I sleep in Atlanta - an impressive city from what I saw of it in driving to my hotel.  It was a strenuous, but great, drive. I set off with the roof down, for the sheer pleasure of the warm Mississippi morning. I soon had another encounter with the…

  • Biloxi via catfish

    Tom
    15 Jun 2013 | 5:06 pm
    Crossing the Mississippi for the last time at Baton Rouge Bumper stickers Not a fun run, but effective I completed my objectives for today. I revisited two states (Louisiana and Mississippi) that I have already checked off my list. I had a look at the Gulf of Mexico from the seafront at Biloxi and now I am holed up in my hotel room, plotting and scheming for tomorrow and the few days left. I realised that my revised routing missed Kentucky and have added it back in! I have some plans to shave miles off my itinerary by diverting only briefly tomorrow to cross the state line between Alabama and…

  • De-rattled in San Antone

    Tom
    14 Jun 2013 | 4:17 pm
    Tex-mex lunch stop On the I-10 road again De-rattled and ready to go I was at Ferrari & Maserati of San Antonio at 0800 today and was back on the road, minus my rattle, by 1000. Jim, the technician there, rapidly identified the source of the noise I had noticed as a loose and broken aerodynamic fin on the rear flat underfloor. It was interesting to see beneath Speranza for the first time. Ferrari and Maserati take pride in their cars being finished as neatly beneath as above.  I think I know when the damage was done. I unknowingly drove over an abandoned life jacket in the port city of…
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    an expat journal

  • an unwanted late night visitor...

    18 Jun 2013 | 5:35 pm
    Last week I had an unwanted visitor in the bathroom.  It's surreal to see a tarantula come around the corner headed straight for you.  Of course I ran out of the bathroom and yelled at Tom to come and get rid of it. As Tom took a look at the spider he says, "aren't you going to take a picture?I took the first photo and then screamed when it moved!!Tom scooped it up into the dustpan and threw it outside.I heard from a few others that they'd also had tarantulas show up in their bathrooms or right outside their doors last week.  Apparently, a combination of  heat and…

  • memories of a joyful weekend...

    17 Jun 2013 | 4:49 pm
    Our weekend fun began with a surprise birthday party for Jill and Toni!  Toni Toni & Jill JillAnd on Sunday we enjoyed a potluck after church for Father's Day!We enjoy being able to celebrate with our Bethel Disciples International Church family!

  • From the rising of the sun...

    13 Jun 2013 | 6:29 pm

  • PathLight Graduation...

    12 Jun 2013 | 6:28 pm
    One of the emcees and the pianist...The five graduates...  The third form class (juniors) serenading the graduates.. \The valedictorian...Students were encouraged to present a gift to their sponsor...a A personal video of each graduate...Dion, the director of the program, wrapping up the evening... PathLight is an educational intervention program that integrates faith and learning.  They work to empower students and teachers. Through scholarships for students and training for teachers; individuals, families, and communities are impacted for the better.  The Child…

  • an evening at Mount Hope...

    10 Jun 2013 | 2:31 pm
    Last night we were privileged to spend the evening with the congregation at Mount Hope Church in Unitedville.  The building was packed!  It was great to see so many young people and families out on a Sunday night for church.   We were blessed by the drama team...Pastor Ron leading worship...Tom speaking on Relationships...The evening ended with a time for people to come forward and receive prayer for any relationship issues that they might be facing.  Tom, myself, Jadine, and Craig, spent time interceding for a number of men and women over various issues.  I listened…
 
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  • Госдеп США обвинил Россию в том, что она не борется с торговлей людьми

    19 Jun 2013 | 4:42 pm
    Американское внешнеполитическое ведомство опубликовало ежегодный доклад о торговле людьми в различных странах мира, разделив их на несколько групп. Авторы документа сочли Россию одним из государств, в которых власти не предпринимают достаточных усилий для внедрения необходимых стандартов борьбы с этой проблемой. Читать…

  • Якунин назвал сообщение о своей отставке попыткой скомпрометировать его

    19 Jun 2013 | 3:54 pm
    Глава РЖД прокомментировал в интервью журналу Forbes появившееся вечером фальшивое сообщение о том, что его сняли с поста. Владимир Якунин назвал это «спланированной акцией по явной компрометации». Читать далее

  • В Бразилии полиция разгоняет демонстрантов слезоточивым газом и резиновыми пулями

    19 Jun 2013 | 2:29 pm
    В городе Форталеза, как и в некоторых других городах страны, вечером вновь вспыхнули беспорядки, в ходе которых пострадали несколько человек. Полиция была вынуждена применить жёсткие меры для разгона протестантов. Между тем президент страны, Дилма Русеф, встала на сторону народа, а власти Сан-Пауло согласились с некоторыми…

  • Основатели Dolce&Gabbana получили тюремный срок за неуплату налогов

    19 Jun 2013 | 12:51 pm
    Основатели известного модного дома были приговорены к тюремному заключению сроком 1 год и 8 месяцев каждый за уход от налогов на сумму €200 млн. Такой вердикт вынес суд Италии. Кроме того, дизайнерам также предстоит выплатить огромный штраф. Читать далее

  • Московские водители будут получать SMS-оповещения о пробках

    19 Jun 2013 | 12:31 pm
    Сообщения о затруднениях на дорогах получат только те, кто находится в непосредственной близости от затора. Протестировать новый сервис планируют на трассе М10. Кроме того, в столице появятся информационные табло с данными о погоде и авариях. Читать далее
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  • The Way of Wine

    team
    19 Jun 2013 | 1:41 am
    Right now you are going to see how berries turn into wine. Gathered grapes have to be processed as soon as possible not to sour, we will accompany them to the shop of primary processing. Trucks full of grapes come … Read more...

  • Another Photo Report From the Exclusion Zone

    team
    18 Jun 2013 | 11:14 pm
    Inside of this report you will see how the old sarcophagus of Chernobyl looks like, and how looks the almost finished new one, you will also see two radiological checkpoints at the exit from the exclusion zone, find out if … Read more...

  • Everything Is Ok At the Factory

    team
    18 Jun 2013 | 10:43 pm
    Just a lot of pictures from the assembly factory of Cheboksary, Russia. And no boring captions at all. Location:Cheboksary via martin  

  • Post Arrived

    team
    18 Jun 2013 | 8:27 pm
    This is how they unload postal delivery in Novosibirsk of Russia. It looks so natural for everyone there so nobody is surprised.

  • School Musical

    team
    18 Jun 2013 | 8:23 pm
    In some parts of Russia musicals can be like this – I wonder what was the name of the show? And are the parents aware what their kids are taught?
 
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  • Suicide in Turkey

    7 Jun 2013 | 9:47 am
    The latest statistics recorded in 2011 show that 1,876 males and 801 females committed suicide in Turkey. The suicide rate for every 100,000 citizens is 3.58. Half of females who commit suicide in the country are under the age of 30, half of males are under 40. Source of data: TurkStat. Learn About Tableau

  • Туториал по Tableau Software: как сделать карту России

    14 May 2013 | 1:08 am
    Использованные данные можно найти здесь и скопировать в эксель.                                  Для сбережения психического здоровья предлагаю смотреть в HD (выберите HD или vimeo)

  • The LNG Industry 2012

    26 Apr 2013 | 12:54 am
    International Group of LNG Importers has published report The LNG Industry 2012. On the supply side, 5 countries out of a total of 18 made up 67% of global LNG export. On the demand side, Japan and South Korea's combined share was around 53% of global import. Japan was buying from all exporting countries and recorded an 11% growth year on year. Asia accounted for 71% of global LNG demand. The

  • LNG Import Terminals in Europe

    7 Apr 2013 | 9:25 am
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    Vladimir Kara-Murza's blog

  • Will Obama Ignore Human Rights in Talk with Putin?

    Vladimir Kara-Murza
    15 Jun 2013 | 9:00 pm
    On Monday, US President Barack Obama will meet with Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland. According to the White House, their bilateral agenda will include Afghanistan, Syria, missile defense, counterterrorism, and economic cooperation. No mention, at least so far, has been made of anything relating to democracy and human rights—despite Putin’s unprecedented crackdown, which now includes not only fraudulent elections and media censorship, but also political show trials and state-driven paranoia about “foreign agents,” as the Kremlin is labeling…

  • EU Panders to Putin, Shelves Human Rights

    Vladimir Kara-Murza
    2 Jun 2013 | 9:00 pm
    On Monday and Tuesday, Yekaterinburg, Europe’s easternmost city, hosts the bilateral EU-Russia summit attended by the respective leaders—EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy, EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Van Rompuy, “there remains a lot of untapped potential to deepen our strategic partnership in all areas,” and the summit will focus in particular on “modernization, visas and mobility, and trade” as well as “measures to stimulate economic growth and jobs.” One of the main issues at the summit will be the…

  • A Glimpse of Truth in the Kremlin's Democracy Charade

    Vladimir Kara-Murza
    23 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    Most of the time, the Kremlin is trying to preserve a smokescreen of “legality” around its actions—and the Russian regime’s Western apologists are happy to follow suit. In their pretend world (the true worth of which is well known to them), Vladimir Putin and the current State Duma have been “elected by voters”; the government “does not interfere” with the courts or the media; and jailed opponents of the regime are not political prisoners, but “criminals.” But sometimes regime figures and those close to government circles have bouts of honesty, when they call things for…

  • A Rare Case of Justice in Russia

    Vladimir Kara-Murza
    19 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    Good news from Russia, politically speaking, is a scarce commodity—especially if it involves opponents of Vladimir Putin. On Thursday, a Moscow City Court judge overturned the extension of pretrial detention for Vladimir Akimenkov, one of 17 people who are currently being held behind bars in the so-called “Bolotnaya case.” According to the government’s version, the mass protests against Putin’s inauguration on Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, turned into “riots.” An independent expert commission established by human rights groups has concluded that the violence was…

  • Russia’s Protests Resume Amid Heightening Repression

    Vladimir Kara-Murza
    8 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    On Monday, some 30,000 people gathered on Bolotnaya Square—the site of the unprecedented anti-Putin protests in 2011 and 2012—in a rally that was marked, in the words of media commentators, by “hope without illusion” and “solidarity without euphoria.” This protest was not, as a year ago, directed against a fraudulent “election” that returned Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin. This time, Muscovites came out to protest the looming transformation of an authoritarian regime into a full-fledged police state. Seventeen people—among them Vladimir Akimenkov, who is losing his eyesight,…
 
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