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Last year I did a general post on the problem of human trafficking in Moldova. Imagine my surprise when I happened upon a documentary on this topic - with a plot centering around a woman from Tiraspol, no less - while channel surfing over the week...

[image source]According to tema, they're changing the ceilings at Sheremetyevo-2. I think the first time I saw them must have been in 1984. The impression they created then was that they were a result of some horrible central planning glitch - a p...

I first reported on the online For Putin (Za Putina) movement last year. At the time, it was an amorphous initiative which seemed at first to be aimed at encouraging Putin to stick around for a third term. It ended up doing nothing more than provi...

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In honor of the election watched 'round the world, here is this mildly entertaining contribution to the online body of material (growing fast, but probably with a short shelf life) poking fun at Sarah Palin. It seems to be by a couple of faux Russ...

One of Fred Kaplan's thoughtful "six priorities for President Obama" (headlined "A Foreign Policy Repair Manual") is this:Normalize relations with Russia. This may sound cold, but Russia is too important—on energy, nuclear proliferation, terrorism...

via drugoi, originally posted by zahard It's the type of thing that could make a the last Russian liberal's head explode. Nazi-saluting morons getting beaten by cops while marching on the Arbat. Cops stomping on the Russian flag. Should one be out...

Реформа МедведеваВ своем первом послании Федеральному собранию президент Дмитрий Медведев провозгласил кардинальную реформу государственной власти. Меняются сроки полномочий и роли президента, председателя правительства, парламента, федерального и...

Tbilisi-based freelancer Matthew Collin reports for Al-Jazeera on the reaction of Abkhazian youth to Russia's recognition of the region as an independent country:One young Abkhaz who is trying to create his own identity is 20-year-old musician Gen...

The 90th anniversary of the Komsomol is being celebrated more than one might expect, but it seems that the contemporary VLKSM-wannabes are not feeling as much love as they were a year ago. Read the full article for the punch line at the end...Pro-...