Archive for April, 2005

We’re flying to Istanbul in the morning so I won’t be here for a while. Best of luck to everyone!

We’re flying to Istanbul in the morning so I won’t be here for a while. Best of luck to everyone!

Some Victory Day-related pictures are here, including photos of the veterans who were walking back to their buses from some celebration organized for them at Hotel Rossiya.
This woman I fell in love with – she’s so full of life I can easily imagine her 60 years ago:

And this one made me sick and mad – [...]

Some Victory Day-related pictures are here, including photos of the veterans who were walking back to their buses from some celebration organized for them at Hotel Rossiya.
This woman I fell in love with – she’s so full of life I can easily imagine her 60 years ago:

And this one made me sick and mad – [...]

I’ve just posted a bunch of photos on my photo page.
These are my favorites:

I’ve just posted a bunch of photos on my photo page.
These are my favorites:

Eccentricity’s all gone, I’m afraid: this is what Khreshchatyk looks like now… Hard to believe but they’re parking their cars right on the sidewalks… I’d have preferred to have the tents back there… Someone please tell me this is not true!..

Eccentricity’s all gone, I’m afraid: this is what Khreshchatyk looks like now… Hard to believe but they’re parking their cars right on the sidewalks… I’d have preferred to have the tents back there… Someone please tell me this is not true!..

Eccentricity’s all gone, I’m afraid: this is what Khreshchatyk looks like now… Hard to believe but they’re parking their cars right on the sidewalks… I’d have preferred to have the tents back there… Someone please tell me this is not true!..

Yesterday, they arrested eight Ukrainians and 14 Russians at a rally in Minsk.
One of the young Russian activists, Ilya Yashin, had his picture taken together with a bunch of Belarusian riot cops:
Photo: AFP
According to Charter 97, one of the Ukrainians who got arrested – Ihor Huz, a politician from Lutsk – looked like he’d [...]




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