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• Russia to Sanction Foreign Pharmaceuticals

  

  When you wish to ban something in Russia, and you wish to placate the populace while taking away something they value, you give them a nationalistic reason. tak... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russia Bans Eating Turkey

  

  Over the past two years the villains shown on Russian television have been, to quote news blogger and press photographer Ilya Varlamov, “Ukraine, the USA,... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Crimea Still in the Dark

  

  Even after being annexed by Russia in March of 2014, most of the electric power in Crimea is from Ukraine. Last Sunday the main power lines supplying Crimea wer... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russia Declares Downing of Airliner a Terrorist Act

  

  On Tuesday evening Russian president Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin to hear reports from the security services on the causes of the crash of a Russian... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Who Are The Expats in Russia?

  

  Count us as normally cautious when something seems too slick, or too glossy, at first sight. Thus, a group calling themselves “Foreigners In Russia” has peaked... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Marches Across Russia on National Unity Day

  

  It was a day the government calls “National Unity Day” but there was little unity across Russian cities as a variety of conflicting protests took place. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Anders Fogh Rasmussen on the Kremlin’s Tragic Miscalculation

  

  Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has penned a substantial commentary on relations between Russia and the West. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Auchan Banned From Selling Unpackaged and Bulk Products

  

  Russia’s consumer rights authority, Rospotrebnadzor, has won a court case ordering French supermarket chain Auchan to stop selling bulk food items in its Russia... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Was Alexi Navalny Really Dancing With Jews at US Embassy?

  Odd at how those who oppose the Kremlin keeping finding themselves in legal troubles, and the target of intense propaganda. More Russians get their news from... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russian Snipers Killed Ukrainian Protesters on Maidan?

  

  Young adults tear up the streets to arm fighters who are using bricks to fight off tanks, grenades and snipers. (Photo: Ilya Varlamov)A new French documentary... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russian Television Introduces Syrian Bombing Weather Forecasts

  

  If one needed any further proof that Russian media is only too happy to support the Kremlin, the government owned national network Rossiya 24, a news channel, i... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Royal Flush on the Moscow Metro

  

  Officials say that the new toilet on the train platform at Metro Prospect Mira is a test of the concept.Several years ago Moscow began adding coin operated... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Total Lack of Justice

  

  It was almost a year ago, 20 October 2014, that Christophe de Margerie the CEO of French Petroleum corporation Total SA was killed as his corporate Falcon-50 je... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Tea Or Coffee: Here is Another Serving

  

  As a follow-up to our story on the explosion of coffee consumption in the FSU (former Soviet Union), readers might be interested to know that 1 October will be... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Tea Or Coffee – Чай Или Кофе

  

  There was a time when drinking coffee in the FSU was almost a rarity of sorts. Tea reigned supreme, and any coffee consumed was typically a “Turkish” brew... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Russia Blocking Yahoo and Google

  

  On Thursday, 10 September, Russian Telecom services Beeline and MTC began to implement the government’s new restrictions on certain Yahoo and Google... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Day of Moscow, Birthday Number 868!

  

  Each city has a its own day of celebration in Eastern Europe.Over the weekend we celebrated the “Day of Moscow” which was officially on 5 September but the... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In Russia Nobody Moves The Cheese

  

  In the wave of all that destruction of cheese, it should be no surprise that cheese products are becoming both expensive and scarce. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• School in Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe

  

  What do we call the first of September in the FSU? There are at least three titles:1 сентября – yes, that is... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russian News Journal Accidently Reveals Amounts Paid For Russian Soldiers...

  

  Source: VICE NewsSometimes one just can’t make this stuff up. Russian news journal Деловая... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY