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The Mendeleyeev Journal
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News about life, culture, music, and art in Russia and the former Soviet Republics.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 524 )
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Attacks on Coptic Orthodox Churches in Egypt
(BBC) As tensions rise again in Egypt, the country’s Christians are dreading a further backlash. The Coptic Orthodox Church is one of Christianity’s oldest,... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bishop Serapion Regarding Events in Egypt
Aug. 15, 2013, 8:12 a.m.Statement regarding the current events in Egypt We follow the current events in our beloved Egypt with lifted hearts praying to our... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Египет (Egypt), 15 Aавгуст (August) 2013
This was how the the streets of Cairo sounded like yesterday:When you strip away the BS, what we have here are two sides with very different goals. One side, I... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New Criminal Charges for Navalny?
Depending on which poll you believe, Navalny has somewhere from eight to ten percent of the vote for the mayoral election on 8 September. Read more
Posted on 12 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Washington’s Proxy War in Syria
This is an excerpt from Russia Today television. Click here for the full article.Reports this week of the radical Islamist opposition in Syria massacring Kurds... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Snowden Free to Move About the Country
The Moscow Times: U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden can move freely throughout Russia and work in any position other than government service, a... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Putin Skirts His Security Detail in Saint Petersburg
Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Saint Petersburg Friday where he attended the memorial ceremony for his long time coach and mentor, Anatoly Rakhlin,... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Ramadan, the Month Long Muslim Holiday of Fasting (when d...
Ramadan, the month long Muslim holiday of fasting (when daylight) ended yesterday, 7 August and today the three day celebration began in most countries around... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Moscow Times: Snowden Affair Presents a Suez Canal Moment
From the Moscow Times:By Vladimir Berezansky In July 1956, Egyptian forces seized control of the Suez Canal from occupying French and British forces. Read more
Posted on 08 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Zhivopisny Most: the Bridge of Love
We’re tried hard to find just the right headline but this story is interesting enough by itself with or without a catchy headline. Read more
Posted on 07 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Washington – Moscow “hotline” Turns 50 Years Old This Month
This article first appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines. Originally published in Russian in the Rossiyskaya Gazetta. The famous hot line connecting Washingto... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Travel Warnings from US State Department: Real Or a Ploy?
At first glance we thought that perhaps this was a subtle ploy to divert attention away from the NSA scandals, especially in light of Germany’s announcement tha... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Raccoons in the USA and Russia
And you thought that this story would be about the raccoon that bit off a Russian man’s “manhood” didn’t you? Nope, that was back in 2009 but if you really... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Snowden Gets His Walking Papers
Moscow Times offers tips to the freed whistleblower Read more
Posted on 01 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
USA Invades Russia!
I used to laugh at Vladimir Putin’s insinuations that the USA was preparing to invade Russia. Look, if you can’t defeat Afghanistan where the fighters are... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Anapa, Russia
Ah, Anapa (Ана́па), the quiet town of just over 50,000 in Russia’s Krasnodar region along the Black Sea. Read more
Posted on 30 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Study in Russia?
In 2013 some 250,000 foreign students will travel to Russia to study in one of 750 universities. While many will come from CIS countries, former Soviet... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
Can Russia Survive Authoritarian Rule?
We’ll begin by acknowledging that a weak leader would certainly lead to the demise of Russia as we know her. A Jimmy Carter or Barrack Obama type of weakling... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Russian Summer Chicken Salad
This is a delicious summertime chicken salad featuring simple but hearty ingredients like beans and cheese. Ingredients:- Boiled chicken fillet – 300g - Kidney... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
New Paint for Moscow Borders
It’s all part of the summer tradition in a land were summer is short and winter is long; tasks like repairing streets and the painting of public fences, street... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY