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• What Do Russians Think of Ukraine Crisis?

  

  We love this photo piece from NBC’s Moscow reporters Albina Kovalyova and Sergei Ponomarev. It is fair, balanced, and allows Russian citizens to speak without... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Simon Ostrovsky’s Release

  By now you’ve probably learned that Simon Ostrovsky has been released and for this all supporters of freedom of the press and professional journalism are truly... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Journalist Simon Ostrovsky Held by pro-Russian Forces in Ukraine

  Our concern for fellow journalist Simon Ostrovsky is high. His captors say that he has switched sides and now supports their pro-Russian forces. That is a... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Easter in Moscow, 2014

  

  This Saturday evening the largest Orthodox Church in the world was filled to capacity with over 7,000 parishioners there to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pussywillow Sunday День Ваий!

  

  День ваий!  They call it Palm Sunday in the West and we call it Pussywillow Sunday in the East. This year the date for Easter is the same in the Eastern and... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rearming Ukraine Might Not Be a Bad Idea

  Our fear of the further dismembering of Ukraine is unfortunately underway. The first video shows the celebrations of Independence Day in Donetsk two years ago... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Putin’s Popularity Soars at Home

  Russian President Vladimir Putin’s popularity is on an upswing largely in part to concentration of media messaging in the past year. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Media Crackdowns

  

  From the Moscow Times:Fired editor Galina Timchenko. (foto: Lenta News)The longtime editor-in-chief of news agency Lenta.ru has been replaced by the former... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Continuing Occupation of Crimea

  In the next film at the beginning you’ll see two historic scenes from Crimea, at the same spot. The old ruins are from the first ancient Greek settlers who... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ukraine Invasion Videos

  In video 3 you saw the leader of the motorcycle gang, Night Hawks, the group with which President Putin has ridden. That same man and a group of 50 Night Hawk... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• RT Reporter Denounces Russian Invasion of Crimea

  Abby Martin is a feisty liberal progressive and often she and the Mendeleyev Journal are on very different sides of an issue. Abby is tough as nails and yet we... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Vladimir Putin Cannot Afford to Fail

  

  Against the backdrop of a successful Olympics, one bloated with corruption, Russian President Vladimir Putin is fighting for his existence. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Putin to Take Crimea and Eastern Ukraine?

  

  Is US President Obama always sleeping? In a scenario right out of the Benghazi playbook, once again Mr. Obama’s security team has met in a crisis without him. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Has Russia Invaded Ukraine’s Crimea?

  

  Hardly a surprise, but yes. Unless sending special forces, landing paratroopers and blockading roads and airports of another country is routine in ordinary... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Yanukovich in Russia?

  

  Several Russian news agencies are reporting that impeached Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich might be in Russia and will soon hold a news conference in the... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Crackdowns After the Olympics?

  

  There have been whispers that the screws will tighten on any opposition groups in Russia after the Olympics and some say that it may have quietly started. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cheese-fare/pancake Week (Maslenitsa) Begins

  

  The Russian term is Масленица and it is observed the week prior to the Orthodox Fast leading to Easter. Often it is called pancake week or butter week by some. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 FOOD & DRINK

• Ukraine News from Around the World

  

  Here is the latest news digest from around the world on Ukraine:From the BBC:‘Failure of perestroika’ in Ukraine – Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev, the former... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Ukraine About to Split?

  

  The past week has gone in a whirlwind. Ukrainian President Yanukovich signed an agreement for early elections and to restore the Constitution to 2004 standards... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Continuing Civil War in Ukraine

  Unfortunately there will be causalities in civil war. For two months former Ukrainian Army vets have trained volunteers by teaching them tactics and setting up... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY