Archive for October 5th, 2006

Russia, Georgia: Unfriendly Relationship

October 5, 2006 in Russia, [plushev], [silna], [watertank], georgia

Global Voices OnlineWednesday, October 4, 2006
A Tbilisi, Georgia, spice seller: “I was taking some photos in the Tbilisi’s market and this lady, instead trying to sell me something, she asked me a portrait.” – by tomaradze
Georgia (population approx. 4.4 million) arrested four Russian soldiers last week, charging them with espionage. Russia (population approx. 142.4 million) [...]

October 5, 2006 in Uncategorized

It’s been so quiet here lately… Is anyone reading this at all?
I’m feeling lonely, I guess.
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I’ve just posted a Global Voices translation on the Russia-Georgia cold war circus – here. Crisis, I mean.
Had a masochistic kind of fun working on it.
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My very first memories are from Georgia: we were there in the fall of 1977 [...]

October 5, 2006 in Uncategorized

It’s been so quiet here lately… Is anyone reading this at all?
I’m feeling lonely, I guess.
***
I’ve just posted a Global Voices translation on the Russia-Georgia cold war circus – here. Crisis, I mean.
Had a masochistic kind of fun working on it.
***
My very first memories are from Georgia: we were there in the fall of 1977 [...]

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