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• Happy Christmas! C Рождеством!!!

  

  The time has arrived! It is Christmas Eve, January 6.For many the final meal of the Nativity Fast of 40 days without meat will culminate with a Christmas Eve... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Anti-terror Sweep in Volgograd Detains 700 People

  

  The Moscow Times is reporting that police in Volgograd have detained more than 700 people in an anti-terror sweep following two apparent suicide bombings that... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Happy New Year from Russia!

  

  We’re a little behind, we know. The back to back terror bombings in Volgograd kept our crew busy and we were stretched to the maximum. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2014 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Customs Union Takes Back Seat to Security Concerns

  

  President Putin’s schedule has been almost completely revamped given the events over the past days in Volgograd. While preparations for the Winter Olympics... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Second Bombing in Two Days, 13 Dead So Far

  

  Город в панике means “city in a panic” and as one fellow journalist remarked, Volgograd is returning to Stalingrad. It is as if the city is back in a war zone,... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Terror Attack in Volgograd

  

  VOLGOGRAD, December 29 -– For the second time in just over two months the southern Russian city of Volgograd has been the scene of a terror bombing attack. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Holiday Oranges Colour Moscow

  

  As children growing up in rural settings, there would be an orange or tangerine in our Christmas stockings each year. As siblings, we would pool those to make... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Restaurant Reviews Not the Only Thing to End at the Moscow News

  

  It is sad to see the Moscow News drop restaurant reviews. Perhaps the comprehensive dining guide, now a free standing full companion to the Moscow Times,... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ukraine is the New California?

  

  Is this banner true? Whether Russia and Ukraine really represent “One people, one story/history” as this social media banner suggests has long been a part of th... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Information on the Khodorkovsky Release

  

  We knew that the Khodorkovsky pardon was initiated by the Kremlin but at the time couldn’t prove it. His attorneys were as surprised as ourselves and... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bristol – Брiстоль – Бристоль

  

  Bristol: You know Брiстоль (in Ukrainian) as a 150 year old fine Hotel in Yalta, Ukraine along the shores of the Black Sea. This is the mountain city of Yalta... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Analysis: Obama Sent His B Team to Ukraine

  

  Unfortunately the B team is the A team in today’s Washington. All that was available were the best, but they aren’t that good. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russian Healthcare and Pension Realities

  

  Having just celebrated the 20th anniversary of the constitution earlier this month, we remain curious as to when and if the constitution will be changed in ligh... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mendeleyev Journal Photo Entered into Russia Beyond The Headlines Contest

  

  (Mendeleyev, Editor) I am grateful that one of my photos has been accepted for entry into a contest by Russia Beyond The Headlines magazine. Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Russian New Year Language Primer

  

  Basic holiday vocabulary for our readers:Новый год: NO-viy GOHD is the term for the New Year. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ukrainian Borders–should the Nation Be Split Apart?

  

  Last time we checked, a gift if a gift and a treaty is a treaty. Some of our Russian friends have forgotten this and it wouldn’t surprise me if at some point th... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Events from the Centre of Ukraine

  

  (Kyiv Post deputy chief editor Katya Gorchinskaya)The Dec. 11 massive attack by Berkut riot-control police, for example, took people by surprise. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Symbol for the Russian Ruble

  

  After a year of contests and publicity, the Central Bank of Russia has unveiled the new symbol for the Ruble. The market place had given way to several common... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russia’s Future: Capitalism Or Corruption?

  

  We at the Mendeleyev Journal are committed capitalists for a simple reason: look at a map of the world and find a poor nation that is capitalist. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Putin Tightens Screws on Media

  

  The news that the Russian government would overhaul two important media organizations, RIA and the Voice of Russia, came from the news agency itself in a press... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY