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May 15th, 2008

Russia: Roses and Migrant Workers

Veronica Khokhlova · 23:33

Russian photographer Oleg Klimov visited a commercial greenhouse outside Moscow and posted his observations about a birthplace of the roses one buys in Russia's capital. 0 comments · »»

Ukraine: Moscow Mayor's Sevastopol Controversy

Veronica Khokhlova · 00:06

Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov got himself barred from Ukraine this week, after announcing during a trip to Sevastopol - "a Ukrainian naval base mutually used by the Ukrainian Navy and Russian Navy" - that the city did not belong to Ukraine. Below are a few opinions from the Russophone blogosphere. 4 comments · »»

May 11th, 2008

Musical instruments from around the world

Juliana Rincón Parra · 03:56

lingua → mk · sq · pt

Videos with interesting instruments from different corners of the world, including some made from recycled cans and plastic sodabottles, a record of how didgeridoos are made, and a Russian folk song on a hurdy gurdy. 1 comment · »»

Russia: Victory Day

Veronica Khokhlova · 00:10

lingua → es

Victory Day was as much of an event in the Russian blogosphere as it was in the streets of Moscow and other Russian cities on May 9. Veronica Khokhlova reviews some of the posts. 1 comment · »»

May 7th, 2008

Russia: Putin Out, Medvedev In

Veronica Khokhlova · 23:56

lingua → bn · es

On Wednesday, Dmitry Medvedev became Russia's third post-Soviet president. Bloggers discuss the outgoing president's legacy, the political situation in Russia, and the traffic situation in Moscow on the day of Medvedev's inauguration. 2 comments · »»

Georgia: War with Russia?

Onnik Krikorian · 07:15

lingua → es

The South Caucasus has always been a volatile and unstable region riven by ethnic conflict and instability. This has especially been the case since the breakup of the Soviet Union and not least because the region is often considered the gateway between Europe and Central Asia, as well as ... 6 comments · »»

May 6th, 2008

Russia: “The March, Sort Of”

Veronica Khokhlova · 22:24

lingua → pt · mk · es · sq

The Russian opposition was to hold a protest rally on May 6 in Moscow, on the eve of Dmitry Medvedev's inauguration as president Vladimir Putin's replacement, but city officials refused to allow it - and leaders of the oppositional coalition ended up canceling the Dissenters' March at the last minute. Dozens of protesters were detained by police anyway. 1 comment · »»

April 23rd, 2008

Russia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan: Lenin's Birthday

Veronica Khokhlova · 00:53

lingua → pt · es

On April 22, Vladimir Lenin would have turned 138 - and quite a few Russophone bloggers still remember the date. 1 comment · »»

Links

May 17th, 2008

Window on Eurasia writes that the Moscow Patriarchate is planning “to discipline Russian Orthodox priests who use the Internet to advance views at variance with those of the hierarchy or to challenge the church’s leadership in other ways.”

Lyndon of Scraps of Moscow is clearing his photo backlog and posting Moscow graffiti photos dating back to 2004-2005.

May 15th, 2008

Orange Ukraine posts a Ukrainian politics roundup with this telling title: “Yulia's Bloc Blocks President for Blocking Yulia.”

Window on Eurasia writes about “Siberian language.”

Window on Eurasia writes on PM Putin's newly-created Federal Agency for CIS Affairs.

May 14th, 2008

At The Lede, a translation of 13 responses to a question posted on the Russian-language LJ blog of the New York Times' Moscow bureau: “What is Mr. Yeltsin’s legacy?“

Steady State is confused by the ongoing crisis between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of Abkhazia. The blog says while Abkhazia claims to have shot down numerous drones monitoring troop movements in the region, Georgia denies that more than one was downed. Even then, Tbilisi lays the blame on Russia leading to a situation where one or more of the conflicting parties will sooner or later be exposed as spreading false information and misleading the international community.