US Politics
Swine Flu Lands in Moscow
By Sean at 1 May, 2009, 4:42 pm
Hypochondriacs beware! Swine flu has officially landed in Moscow. According to Novyi region, two women have been hospitalized in the capital. “Both women are citizens of Russia. One of them arrived in Russia from New York yesterday, the second today. They had fevers and were admitted to the hospital by our insistence,” Gennadii Onishchenko told [...]
Read More >>Russia’s Racial Marketing
By Sean at 21 March, 2009, 10:26 am
Are these ads racist? Some think so. The use of Barack Obama visage has become a marketing hit in Russia, generating cries of racism. The charges relate to three ads featuring Obama. The Times of India reports:
Obama ice cream, anyone? Chocolate-vanilla ice cream is one of several Russian products being marketed using America’s first [...]
Overcharged Buttons
By Sean at 7 March, 2009, 9:16 am
Yeah, yeah, I haven’t been blogging of late, but I hope to return at full throttle soon. In the meantime I couldn’t resist mentioning a story in the NY Times about the US-Russia relations “reset button.” We all now know that the Obama Administration is making some effort to repair relations with Russia. The first [...]
Read More >>The Candidates Talk Russia, Round Two
By Sean at 7 October, 2008, 7:33 pm
Russia was a topic at the second Presidential debate after an absence at last week’s Veep debate. Both candidates pretty much repeated what they said two weeks ago with little variation. McCain repeated is famous quip, ” I said I looked into [Putin] eyes and saw three letters, a K, a G and a B.” [...]
Read More >>Has “STAND for Georgia” Passed Congress?
By Sean at 6 October, 2008, 9:36 am
Please see the update to this post.
I found a rather strange article on Eurasianet.org on how the US House and Senate passed the HR: 6911, the Stability and Democracy for Georgia Act of 2008, or STAND for Georgia, as it is also called. (Get it? STA for “stability,” N for “and,” and D for “democracy”. [...]
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 [...]
