Archive for September, 2008
Zhirinovsky Pays for Outburst
By Sean at 30 September, 2008, 9:18 am
Oh, how the times have passed! It seems like only yesterday that the Russian Presidential elections were in full predictable swing. Dmitri Medvedev was set to be President of all Russia. Operation Successor was all coming together without a hitch.
This is not to say that there wasn’t any excitement in this rather dull political ritual. [...]
Russia Gets Lead Question in US Presidential Debate
By Sean at 27 September, 2008, 11:44 am
Last night’s Obama-McCain Presidential debate was devoid of surprises. Even Russia had a place. Given “Russia’s resurgence” as they like to say in the news, it becoming a brief focus of the debate isn’t even novel. Before getting to that here of some of my general impressions about last night’s performance.
I’ve struggled to come up [...]
Nevsky is the Name of Russia
By Sean at 25 September, 2008, 6:51 am
The Name of Russia votes are in. The project, which started on June 12, allowed voters to decide who are the most important political, cultural, and historical figures. According to the Name of Russia website, 44,569,665 people voted. Here are the top ten Heroes of Russia:
1. Aleksandr Nevsky 2,011,766 votes.
The great Novgorodian prince who successfully [...]
Politkovskaya Case Will Soon Go to Court
By Sean at 23 September, 2008, 10:10 pm
The state newspaper Rossiiskaya gazeta announced yesterday that the Anna Politkovskaya murder case will soon go to court.
An official representative from the Investigation Committee saidthat charges have been made against three people: Sergei Khadzhikurbanov (he bought the murder weapon), and Dzhabrail and Ibrahim Makhmudov (they were accomplices). Former FSB agent Pavel Riaguzov, who is accused [...]
Portraits of Power
By Sean at 23 September, 2008, 8:27 am
Medvedev and Putin looking Presidential
Dmitri Medvedev is not just President of Russia. Nor is he simply a rising global interlocutor. He, or really his visage, is also the subject to the whims of the marketplace. According to Kommersant Vlast,
People are even trying to sell the portrait of the President of Russia using spam. Evidently, the [...]
Will the Russian Economic Crisis Create a Political One?
By Sean at 22 September, 2008, 7:48 am
Moscow’s stock market soared almost 30 percent on Friday thanks to the Russian government announcement it would dump about $130 billion into the sagging market. Today, it injected more credit into the market just to make sure. About $24 billion worth at 8.75 percent interest. The move was to disperse more capital among banks pushed [...]
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