Archive for June, 2008

Global Voices OnlineTuesday, June 10, 2008
An interesting discussion on the freedom of the press in Russia took place in the New York Times’ Russian-language LJ community: an article by Clifford J. Levy, translated into Russian, received over 1,000 comments from the Russian bloggers, and 45 of these comments were then translated into English and featured [...]

A few more random Kyiv pics, just to get myself distracted from the subject of the previous entry…
Near Kyiv’s central train station
A mailbox
Wine, vodka, flowers, open 24 hours, 7 meters away
“There is time for work. And time for love.” (Coco Chanel)
“I Love You”
This guy’s billboards are all over the city, but for some reason I [...]

Walked by Eric’s Bierstube at Ploshcha Tolstogo yesterday, was horrified by the Nazi stuff on the walls in the courtyard there:

This last one most likely refers to a McDonald’s nearby – “Don’t eat shit.”
Reminds me of St. Pete five years ago, but to be seeing it here hurts a lot more.

Here are two more pics for the ‘Turks in Ukraine’ series at The Turkish Invasion (the first installment featured my shot of Karadeniz Cafe at Poznyaki).
KATYA + LEYLA = arkadashiki: a Ukrainian-Turkish friendship, Tatu-style, sort of (arkadaş is ‘friend’ in Turkish):

“Dudu Döner – Turkish shawarma” – near Svyatoshyn metro station: