Archive for January, 2008
I first read Anne Applebaum’s column on the beautiful Russian women very quickly – so quickly that my only reaction was, “Oh, how nice it is to read something relatively apolitical and more or less positive about this part of the world.”
Natalia Antonova’s reading of Applebaum’s piece was anything but superficial. Here’s just one quote [...]
I first read Anne Applebaum’s column on the beautiful Russian women very quickly – so quickly that my only reaction was, “Oh, how nice it is to read something relatively apolitical and more or less positive about this part of the world.”
Natalia Antonova’s reading of Applebaum’s piece was anything but superficial. Here’s just one quote [...]
Russian Channel 1 (ORT) is so unbearably cute: according to their man in Kyiv, “85 Ukrainians” are opposed to joining NATO.
Russian Channel 1 (ORT) is so unbearably cute: according to their man in Kyiv, “85 Ukrainians” are opposed to joining NATO.
Global Voices OnlineThursday, January 24, 2008
On Tuesday, Ukrainian news site Korrespondent.net posted a translation of Mark Franchetti’s recent Sunday Times story on Ukraine’s porous borders and illegal migration.
“Britain is target in Ukraine’s people smuggling bonanza,” the article’s headline declared. “With most border controls in Eastern Europe now gone, people smuggling has become easy business [...]
Global Voices OnlineTuesday, January 22, 2008
Taras of Ukrainiana reports on a deadly car accident that took place in Odesa this month:
On Jan. 12, an 18-year old Odesite crashed his Toyota Prado into a Daewoo Lanos moving on the opposite lane, killing one person and wounding two others in an accident that involved a total of [...]
I’m not in Kyiv and I couldn’t visit my father’s grave when it was six months since his death. Instead, I took myself to Vagankovskoe Cemetery here today, to lay flowers to the graves of Vladimir Vysotsky and Rufina Nifontova (link in Russian), two people who, in different ways, have always meant a lot to [...]
I’m not in Kyiv and I couldn’t visit my father’s grave when it was six months since his death. Instead, I took myself to Vagankovskoe Cemetery here today, to lay flowers to the graves of Vladimir Vysotsky and Rufina Nifontova (link in Russian), two people who, in different ways, have always meant a lot to [...]
This picture of Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul appears in the beautiful new edition of Afisha’s Istanbul guide. I took it in May 2007.
I’m so happy, and honored, even though when printed, the photo doesn’t look as good – and they’ve also identified me as Veronica Smetana, instead of Veronica Khokhlova – a totally logical mistake, [...]
This picture of Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul appears in the beautiful new edition of Afisha’s Istanbul guide. I took it in May 2007.
I’m so happy, and honored, even though when printed, the photo doesn’t look as good – and they’ve also identified me as Veronica Smetana, instead of Veronica Khokhlova – a totally logical mistake, [...]
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