Archive for January, 2008
Moscow Costs but Pays
By Sean at 28 January, 2008, 1:23 am
The fact that Moscow is expensive city is well known. For the second consecutive year, the Cost of Living Survey, which is conducted by the Mercer Human Resource Consulting has ranked Russia’s capital as the most expensive city in the world. Expensive it is. For western expatriates. But what [...]
Read More >>Vladimir Vysotsky Turns 70
By Sean at 25 January, 2008, 11:32 am
Today would have been the famed Soviet bard, actor, and conscious of a generation Vladimir Vysotsky’s 70th birthday. Vysotsky, who died in 1980 at the age of 42 from heart failure, perhaps proves once again that “its better to burn out, than to fade away.” True enough. Vysotsky’s great cultural impact in [...]
Read More >>Russian Markets on “Rollercoaster Ride”
By Sean at 23 January, 2008, 11:17 am
Stock markets around the world continue to fall despite the Bush Administration’s preemptive strike before the New York Exchange opened on Tuesday. The Federal Reserve tried its own version of shock and awe as it cut interest rates a “dramatic” 0.75 percent. The monetary defibrillator worked for a bit. The New York Exchange [...]
Read More >>“The Massacre”
By Sean at 22 January, 2008, 2:55 am
What a way to start a campaign. Dmitri Medvedev officially becomes a candidate for President of Russia and the stock market tanks. Probably not the soundtrack he would have chosen for his coming out party. The Russian press is screaming in terror. I’m sure someone will eventually blame it on the Americans.
The Russian stock market [...]
Medvedev Little Cash and No Ride
By Sean at 21 January, 2008, 7:30 pm
Last week, the Central Electoral Commission released information on the wealth of Gennady Zyuganov and Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Today we got a glimpse at how high presidential favorite Dmitri Medvedev’s paper stack is. According to papers Medvedev filed for his candidacy, in the last four years he earned $71,000, owns a 367.8 sq. meter [...]
Read More >>Nashi Persona Non Grata in EU
By Sean at 20 January, 2008, 12:22 pm
Natalia Morar is persona non grata in Russia. More and more Nashi activists are becoming persona non grata in the European Union. The origins of Nashi’s visa problems begin way back in April when its activists from Russia and in Estonia protested the removal of the Bronze Soldier from the center of [...]
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