March 07, 2008 Statistics and Damn Lies Robert Coalson (RFE/RL) has just published a superb summary of some of the brazen election abuses during last December's Duma elections in Russia. It would be funny if it were not so sad. Politics
March 04, 2008 Dima's recruitment This hilarious YouTube satire video by the Perm KVN group gives a bit of background on the recent Russian election, and how Medevedev was recruited for his role. The dubbing is superbly done. (All in Russian)... Humor Politics
March 01, 2008 Medvedev Emerges from His Den In the 2002 film Oligarch, by Russian director Pavel Lungin, the main character predicts his own downfall, saying, "Russia is a bear. You think you are playing with it and it devours you." History Humor Politics
March 01, 2008 The Tauride Connection In April 1783, Russia annexed the Crimea. We look back at the Khan who enabled enabled it, and his ignominious fate.
March 01, 2008 Two Bears in One Den In honor of the rise to power of the bear president (Medvedev), Mikhail Ivanov looks at bearisms in the Russian language.
