Archive for May, 2007
Global Voices OnlineTuesday, May 29, 2007
Belarusian blogger Uładzimer Katkoŭski (br23) passed away in Prague on May 25 at the age of 30.
Here is a message from his family – posted in English and in Belarusian:
Dear Friends,
Tonight was the saddest day of our lives. Uladzimir, after a long fight passed away in Prague. We believe it [...]
How terribly sad… Belarusian blogger br23 has passed away.
Here’s a post from his family, and here’s a small obit, in Russian.
Rest in peace, Uladzimir.
How terribly sad… Belarusian blogger br23 has passed away.
Here’s a post from his family, and here’s a small obit, in Russian.
Rest in peace, Uladzimir.
Luzhniki is such a strange place.
As Julie wrote in a comment a few days ago, it used to be “a giant toilet” – thanks to the huge open-air market based there. But that was five years ago.
The market has since been shrunk and moved indoors, into the pavilions located at a safe distance [...]
Luzhniki is such a strange place.
As Julie wrote in a comment a few days ago, it used to be “a giant toilet” – thanks to the huge open-air market based there. But that was five years ago.
The market has since been shrunk and moved indoors, into the pavilions located at a safe distance [...]
A journalist friend of mine was filing a piece on Ukraine’s political crisis for a major Western news outlet – and his editors made him re-do the part about Yushchenko accusing the parliamentary majority of buying up votes of the opposition factions. An allegation, according to them.
Last night, this same journalist friend of mine was [...]
A journalist friend of mine was filing a piece on Ukraine’s political crisis for a major Western news outlet – and his editors made him re-do the part about Yushchenko accusing the parliamentary majority of buying up votes of the opposition factions. An allegation, according to them.
Last night, this same journalist friend of mine was [...]
Global Voices OnlineSunday, May 27, 2007
Russian-language LJ community eco_altai is a place for fans of ecotourism in the Russian Altai Republic to meet and share impressions and beautiful pictures.
Right now, an interesting survey (RUS) is being conducted there: on vacationing in the Russian Federation.
Only a few dozen bloggers have answered the survey’s eight [...]
Here’s my today’s GV translation (looks like my “family members” and I aren’t the only ones sick of Ukrainian politics):
Ukraine: Politics Overdose
On April 2, Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko dissolved parliament and called early elections, but prime minister Victor Yanukovych and his allies disputed the president’s authority to do so (see here and here for earlier [...]
Here’s my today’s GV translation (looks like my “family members” and I aren’t the only ones sick of Ukrainian politics):
Ukraine: Politics Overdose
On April 2, Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko dissolved parliament and called early elections, but prime minister Victor Yanukovych and his allies disputed the president’s authority to do so (see here and here for earlier [...]
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