Archive for May, 2007
Other Russia’s Sugar Daddy
By Sean at 31 May, 2007, 8:46 pm
Russophile brought my attention to the following news from the Financial Times. Arch Putin enemy oligarch Boris Berezovsky admitted in an interview with FT reporter Jimmy Burns that he is indeed funding Other Russia. Don’t believe it? Listen to the audio file yourself. Russophile is right, Borya just doesn’t get it. [...]
Read More >>Russia Ranked 117th in Global Peace Index
By Sean at 31 May, 2007, 5:49 pm
How peaceful is your country? Now thanks to the Global Peace Index you can find out. An organization called the Vision of Humanity, which believes that “unless we can achieve a world which is basically peaceful, then the major challenges facing humanity will not be solved,” has released its index of 121 [...]
Read More >>It was MI6 in the Library with the Candlestick
By Sean at 31 May, 2007, 4:37 pm
Andrei Lugovoi promised a “sensation for public opinion in Britain” and delivered. Lugovoi said in a Moscow news conference, “Today I would like to make an announcement, which should shed some light on this dark political story, where the main roles were played by the British secret service and their agents Berezovsky and the [...]
Read More >>Russia’s Bases Abroad
By Sean at 29 May, 2007, 10:57 pm
A Google News search for the phrase “resurgent Russia” brings up some rather interesting results. The phrase is used in numerous articles, many of which have titles like “Putin Thumbs Nose at West,” “US ready to ‘push back’ against Russia: official,” and “Why Tensions With Russia Endure”. Not to mention the number of [...]
Read More >>More OMONarama
By Sean at 28 May, 2007, 5:20 pm
The eXile’s Alexander Zaitchik gives his account of OMON’s May 10th showcase to the media. Here’s a taste:
If you saw any of the next-day press accounts of the OMON event, you know it was no normal press conference. It was a well-choreographed martial arts and machine gun extravaganza that left ears ringing [...]
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