In Lieu of an End of Year Rundown
The first thing on order is to wish everyone a happy New Year! I sincerely thank all of you for reading SRB over the last year and I hope you continue into the next. The news about Russia certainly promises to heat up in 2009 as the economy, by all predictions, continues its nosedive, a new president takes office in the United States, and whatever other unpredictable events crop up in our favorite Slavic nation.
In the meantime, I have been silent about some of the recent news stories coming out of Russia. I have another dissertation deadline and I’m trying to finish a chapter on masculinity in the Komsomol in earnest.
However, there have been a few news stories that have caught my eye over the last week. First, of course, is the announcement that Aleksandr Nevskii won the Name of Russia contest. An interesting choice for sure. Most reports have ..read more
