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• Navalny to Remain in Race for Moscow Mayor

  

  Yesterday the staff of the Alexei Navalny for Mayor campaign were closing up shop due to the conviction and sentencing of Navalny on what most rational people... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russian Press Reaction to the Navalny Court Sentence

  

  (Commentary and analysis from BBC Monitoring)Newspapers in Russia have been sympathetic towards Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny following his sentencing on... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Alexei Navalny Russia’s “Nelson Mandela?”

  

  That was the question posed today by the BBC with Moscow correspondent Daniel Sandford saying that, “The decision to free Alexei Navalny after just one night... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Navalny Can Continue in Moscow’s Mayor’s Race Pending Appeals

  

  Breaking news: although at first detained immediately after the trial, Alexei Navalny has been released on his own recognizance (he cannot travel outside Russia... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Alexei Navalny – Russian Anti-corruption Whistleblower Sentenced to Prison

  

  It was obvious from the start that the Navalny case was politically motivated and yesterday the Leninsky District court in Kirov sentenced Alexei Navalny to fiv... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Anniversary of the Murder of Tsar Nikolas and Family

  

  17 July marks the anniversary of the murder of Tsar Nikolas II and his family after the Bolshevik revolution.Held under house arrest in the Siberian city of... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two Antique Car Rallies in Moscow

  

  The next two weekends will mark consecutive antique car rallies in the city of Moscow. This coming weekends rally will feature not only antique cars but all sor... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• African Water Wars Headed Upstream?

  

  Since the sacking of Constantinople (modern day Istanbul), Moscow has been considered the “Third Rome” of Orthodox Christianity and this naturally means that... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Snowden Accepts Russia’s Asylum Offer

  

  At this point the only remaining question is whether he will accept the marriage offer from Russia’s sexiest spy, Anna Chapman. Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russia Introduces Floating Nuclear Power Plants

  

  When it comes to technology advances, credit Russia with another cutting edge idea: floating nuclear power plants.It seems like the Russian nuclear power plant... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Heros of the Great Patriotic War (World War II)

  

  Portrait of “The Guardsman” This is the story of a real Russian hero, Vasily Petrovich Maslennikov, Guardian Senior Lieutenant-technician with portrait titled... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan!

  

  It began two days ago on 7 July, the International University Sports Federation’s 27th Summer Universiade opened in Kazan, Russia. Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Day of Family

  

  Sometimes when traveling you don’t always remember every special day in Russia. 8 July marks с днем... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Navalny Conviction Just Another Example of Corruption?

  

  The corruption fighter goes to jail for corruption is common when government officials are caught red-handed in the West. In Russia however it is often just... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kissing: Russian Style

  

  There is an American expression of “when the cat is away the mice will play” so as our fearless Mendeleyev Journal leader is traveling today we decided to play. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rooting out Corruption Or Jailing the Opposition?

  (Russia Beyond the Headlines)Law enforcers have arrested Mayor Yevgeny Urlashov of Yaroslavl and three of his subordinates on charges of bribery. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russia Spy Anna Chapman Offers to Marry Edward Snowden

  

  Now that Russian spy Anna Chapman has offered to marry Edward Snowden, expect no end of jokes in the continuing saga of the patriot Snowden verus the police... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• United States FEMA and Russian МЧС (MchS) Partnership

  

  On 25 June the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry and the USA Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) agreed to an ongoing exchange of experts during join... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Moscow Summer Scenes: Халяль-маркет

  

  Just across the street from the Kozhukhovskaya (Кожуховская) Metro station is this Halil... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Great Patriotic War: Memorial to Workers of Ball-bearing Factory #1

  

  To give readers more of a glimpse of how deeply the Great Patriotic War and the horrors of that period remain a part of the common man, I’ll take you to a... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY