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• Russia Buries the Cheese: Observations on the Latest Food Ban

  

  Photo: zloy odessit LiveJournal.If there is one issue that may signal the slow awakening of Russia’s opposition, perhaps the food issue is most telling. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pipeline Explodes Under Moscow River

  The sounds of explosions were thunderous and flames and smoke rose over the Moscow River this past Wednesday when an underwater oil pipeline exploded in the... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Travel to the Russian City of Ufa

  

  It has been a while since we’ve checked in with Sergei of Real Russia. He is living back in Ufa, and many of his more recent videos are of the city and region i... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Holodomor: Class Warfare and Confiscatory Taxation in the Extreme

  

  The Holodomor, mass starvation of Ukrainian peasants in 1932-1933, was a prime example of class warfare and confiscatory taxation. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russia Threatens Principle of Reciprocity Against Financial Lawsuits

  

  The Russian Duma (Parliament) building in Moscow. Photo: The Mendeleyev Journal.Smarting from the potential of massive losses over shareholder lawsuits in... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Profiles of Those Who Have Stayed in Russia

  

  (Moscow) The title of the article is “Who’s Left in Russia?” and authors Louise Dickson and Sophia Tupolev chronicle the flow of expats who have left Russia in... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Karl Marx in Moscow

  

  Despite all the changes, some things remain the same in Russia. A few years ago the term “democracy” was amended to “managed democracy,” the government’s way... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russia: Buying Or Selling a Home

  

  In recent weeks, several readers have inquired as to real estate prices in Russia, and specifically in relation to the ongoing economic crisis in Russia. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Metropolitan Jonah Released From the OCA to ROCOR

  

  mendeleyeev:For our readers interested in the Orthodox Church in America, this is good news. Originally posted on Orthodox in the District: His Eminence... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Future of Russia’s Neighbors

  

  A lot has been made of the “reverse sanctions” imposed by the Putin government against Western, and specifically Western European, food products. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 70th Anniversary of Victory Day in Russia

  

  It felt different. It looked different. It was different. The Moscow observance of Victory Day has historically been the trendsetter for other regional... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Victory Day in Russia, Prelude

  

  Aside from the growing list of world leaders who will not be attending the annual Victory Day celebration on 9 May, and besides the embarrassing breakdown of on... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Nazarbayev Reelected in Kazakhstan

  

  (From http://www.eurasianet.org)The results of the April 26 presidential election in Kazakhstan offer a good illustration of President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Passover in Eastern Europe and Asia

  We are sorry to be late, but during the Passover season wish to extend special greetings to wonderful friends of the Jewish faith. Chag Pesach Kasher... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Palm/Pussywillow Sunday in Russia

  

  Wishing all our friends in the West a blessed Easter and celebration of the resurrection. Easter dates are calculated a little differently in the Eastern world... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How IKEA Has Transformed Russian Homes

  

  IKEA (ИКЕА in Russian Cyrillic) was the Russian story that almost never happened. Still, the Swedish retail giant has transformed Russian kitchens, bathrooms an... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russia Celebrates Crimea Anniversary

  A crowd of several thousand Russians on Red Square greeted the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea with music, fireworks, and speeches—including one by... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Putin Resurrected

  

  Had we listened to far-right conspiracy voices, the end of the world was taking place in Russia. The only thing is, that it was not.St Petersburg: President of... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Disappearing Putin

  

  An alert reader reached out to us yesterday to find out if there was any news on Mr. Putin’s supposed disappearance. It is too early to tell what could be the... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russia Belarus Union State Supreme State Council Meeting

  

  On Tuesday, 03 March, the leaders of Russia and Belarus met in Moscow to convent the Supreme Council of the state of Union between Russia and Belarus. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY