Archive for April, 2007
Oh, what a month.
The Ukrainian rallies seem to be so far away now. I stopped following the events there even before Piskun became our prosecutor general yet again. The most important thing is that there’s been no bloodshed.
And what a week.
First, Yeltsin. Now Rostropovich and Lavrov…
Lavrov the actor, not the foreign minister; the [...]
Oh, what a month.
The Ukrainian rallies seem to be so far away now. I stopped following the events there even before Piskun became our prosecutor general yet again. The most important thing is that there’s been no bloodshed.
And what a week.
First, Yeltsin. Now Rostropovich and Lavrov…
Lavrov the actor, not the foreign minister; the [...]
Global Voices OnlineFriday, April 27, 2007
As Tallinn seems to have entered the second night of rioting over the removal of a Soviet war memorial, here’s a blogger’s recap (with photos, RUS, by LJ user mrprophet) of what happened the previous night:
A Russian rebellion
Today I’ve been to a true Russian rebellion, senseless and relentless.
For those not [...]
The whole Communist faction at the Russian Duma refused to stand up to honor Yeltsin today.
This says a lot more about him and his legacy than all the obits in the world would.
Marta had her first radio appearance yesterday – on BBC Radio Five Live, Pods and Blogs show!!!
I’m kidding, of course: it was me who was being phone-interviewed in our TV room, while Marta was desperately trying to get past the locked door, screaming her lungs out… And I’m exaggerating, too – you can barely hear [...]
Marta had her first radio appearance yesterday – on BBC Radio Five Live, Pods and Blogs show!!!
I’m kidding, of course: it was me who was being phone-interviewed in our TV room, while Marta was desperately trying to get past the locked door, screaming her lungs out… And I’m exaggerating, too – you can barely hear [...]
Marta had her first radio appearance yesterday – on BBC Radio Five Live, Pods and Blogs show!!!
I’m kidding, of course: it was me who was being phone-interviewed in our TV room, while Marta was desperately trying to get past the locked door, screaming her lungs out… And I’m exaggerating, too – you can barely hear [...]
Global Voices OnlineTuesday, April 24, 2007
While the previous post reflected some of what Russian bloggers’ thought of Boris Yeltsin’s life and death, this one deals with the reactions of predominantly non-Russian observers, blogging in English.
Moscow-based Rubashov of Darkness at Noon writes about his Russian host family’s grief:
[...] The mood is heavy in my apartment right [...]
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