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• Uber and Bla Bla Car Battle Russian Taxis

  

  Just the mention of Uber brings out detractors who quickly point out how much money the service continues to lose. However, given the big-name investors and... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russian Duma Elections 2016

  

  This building, home to Russia's lower house of parliament, is known as the Duma. The term is tied to the idea of thinking, and those who thought that the... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Putin’s Driver Killed in Car Crash

  

  There must have been a full moon over Moscow on 05 September because the next morning brought out the usual band of strange reports with the crash on... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Crime: One Last Hand for Pavel

  We reported it here on 05 October 2011. That was the day when clapping hands in public became a crime in Belarus. Following months of protests after the stolen... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rest in Peace: Pavel Sheremet

  

  First in Kyiv (Kiev) and then in Minsk, thousands stood in line to say farewell to slain journalist Pavel Sheremet who was murdered when a car bomb exploded... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Farewell to Pavel Sheremet

  

  Pavel Sheremet was fond of saying that, " The world can be better ...," but right now we honestly wonder, how? When will the killing stop? Does journalism matte... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Car Bomb Kills Journalist in Ukraine

  

  Just yesterday Pavel Sheremet had written an article about the new memorial monument recently erected in the closed nuclear city of Zheleznogorsk (Russia) . On... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Coup in Istanbul

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government seemed threatened last night, but then it began to appear that the tide was turning. The coup, led by... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Fourth of July in Moscow

  

  If memory serves correctly, there is a precise 7-step formula for celebrating the 4th in America: beer-BBQ-beer-hamburgers/hotdogs-beer-potato salad (potatoe fo... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Total Justice Finally?

  

  It was September 2015 when we reported that Russian authorities were releasing all suspects in the 20 October 2014 crash that killed Christophe de Margerie the... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Moscow the Beautiful

  

  Moscow the Beautiful The Church of the Holy Trinity at the Borisovo Ponds (храм Троицы в... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

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  The "White Nights" of Russian summers are returning. Saturday night we went to bed and it was dark. We have blackout curtains but didn't bother pulling them... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Nadiya Savchenko Is Free!

  

  After two years of illegal detention in Russia, Ukrainian national hero Nadiya Savchenko has been released in a prisoner swap for two Russian soldiers captured... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Victory Day 2016 in Russia

  

  Russia's 71st annual Victory Day celebration has come and gone. While each year offers a slightly different feel on a familiar theme, this year apparently... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Loose Canons in Russian Army

  Loose Canons in Russian Army The Russian city of Novosibirsk has been a major staging area for sending Russian army regulars to fight in Eastern Ukraine.... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Orthodox Easter 2016

  Orthodox Easter 2016 It is Easter weekend in most of the Eastern world. The word in Russian for Easter is пасха (Paskha), the... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Putin and Poroshenko Agree to Release Savchenko

  

  Tuesday was a busy day for Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko. Just the day before, on Monday, he had made an offer to Russian president Vladimir Putin via... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Putin on Hillary Clinton

  

  Apparently the Russian love affair with Bill Clinton, mostly remembered during the Yeltsin years, is officially over. Certainly you can still find souvenir... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Moscow’s Disappearing Street Kiosks

  

  Near the Square where the Paveletskaya Metro and Train stations are located, there is a typical Moscow street kiosk. In an effort to beautify to city, many of... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russian Potato Chips

  

  Russian Potato Chips Which chips might taste the best? At left there is the малосольные... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2016 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY