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I’ve just added pictures that I took around Istanbul’s Taksim Square in the evening of May 1 – here.
I, of course, wanted to post them right away, and write about how surreal it all seemed even after it was long over (I missed the bedlam that took place in the afternoon – read this post [...]

Not sure if anyone’s noticed, but I’ve discovered Twitter and now post rather meaningless one-liners – and re-broadcast them from Twitter to the sidebar of this blog. All those tiny observations that I wouldn’t have bothered blogging about here. Totally love it.

Not sure if anyone’s noticed, but I’ve discovered Twitter and now post rather meaningless one-liners – and re-broadcast them from Twitter to the sidebar of this blog. All those tiny observations that I wouldn’t have bothered blogging about here. Totally love it.

(Another test post – it’s not working too smoothly, but I’ll get used eventually, I hope.)
Russian answer to the “Americans are NOT stupid” video
tags: kinda funny, rus, video
dmitrivrubel: Ramzan Kadyrov’s motorcade
tags: Chechnya, Kadyrov, kinda funny, rus, video

(Another test post – it’s not working too smoothly, but I’ll get used eventually, I hope.)
Russian answer to the “Americans are NOT stupid” video
tags: kinda funny, rus, video
dmitrivrubel: Ramzan Kadyrov’s motorcade
tags: Chechnya, Kadyrov, kinda funny, rus, video

(A test post – I’m trying to switch from Facebook’s Posted Items to something more public and am testing Diigo now.)
Марк Григорян – Стамбульский аэропорт
tags: Armenia, Istanbul, Russia, rus
A comment (RUS) by an Armenian on Russians at Istanbul airport…

(A test post – I’m trying to switch from Facebook’s Posted Items to something more public and am testing Diigo now.)
Марк Григорян – Стамбульский аэропорт
tags: Armenia, Istanbul, Russia, rus
A comment (RUS) by an Armenian on Russians at Istanbul airport…

I wish I had the strength to announce that this blog is kaput, but I can’t.
Global Voices takes up too much of my time, and then there’s Facebook, and Odnoklassniki.ru – where I somehow have 85 friends already, and most of them are probably mad at me by now, because I tend to vanish right [...]

I wish I had the strength to announce that this blog is kaput, but I can’t.
Global Voices takes up too much of my time, and then there’s Facebook, and Odnoklassniki.ru – where I somehow have 85 friends already, and most of them are probably mad at me by now, because I tend to vanish right [...]

Here are a few more flashbacks from 2003…
This United Russia ad across Nevskiy Prospekt from Moskovskiy Vokzal in St. Pete seemed way huge then – but compared to this campaign ad by Yuri Lutsenko at Livoberezhna this year, it looks pretty modest now…

“The President’s Party” – not much has changed since then, they’ve just taken [...]




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    • The modem has somehow fixed itself. Hope it lasts. What a relief. 12 hours ago
    • Wifi modem died @ 4:30AM. Maybe it's for the better - I do need a break. But no internet means my backlog will grow. Feeling desperate... 18 hours ago
    • Happy Thanksgiving to all my U.S. friends! 1 day ago
    • Transcarpathian TV: 3 channels; monthly salary UAH 1,000-1,500 ($120-$180); equipment scarce; politics abounds (UKR) http://bit.ly/7pvI7K 1 day ago
    • Same piece on U.S. spin doctors in Ukr, but a bit off-topic: Taras Kuzio is the only guy who's quoted saying "the Ukraine" - twice. Wild. 2 days ago
    • "So why go to New Jersey and lose for 100 grand when you [can] go to Peru and lose for a million?” (James Carville, Clinton's ex-strategist) 2 days ago
    • <-- ...a little bit damaging to your reputation. But if you go to Peru and you run a presidential race and you lose, no one knows or cares." 2 days ago
    • Here's why they are here: “If you help elect a president & then you get involved in a governor’s race & you lose, it’s going to be ... --> 2 days ago
    • U.S. political consultants in Ukraine, assisting Yushch, Yanuk, Yulia and Yatsenyuk: http://bit.ly/2lvtGm 2 days ago
    • Yulia, our Janus: after her fun chat w/ Putin, her MPs draft a bill to recognize UPA fighters as WWII combatants http://bit.ly/7GXKG4 (RUS) 2 days ago
    • So, 5 years since Maidan, we have a Putin-friendly Tymoshenko & a Yanukovych who's sort of critical of Putin :) http://bit.ly/08rYzbN (RUS) 3 days ago
    • Bookmarks restored. Nearly all of them. Hated to be reminded of how much I depend on technology. 4 days ago
    • Firefox has deleted my bookmarks overnight. All of them, damn it. Feels like coming back home to find that all your furniture is gone. 4 days ago
    • RT @skovalyov: Вера Ульянченко вышла на сцену и вручает медальки. Оранжевая КПСС. Идолы новые - традиции старые. #UOR5 5 days ago
    • Our Brezhnev of a president misnames Medvedev, while Saakashvili tries hard not to giggle (UKR) http://bit.ly/6O1TnY 6 days ago
    • Putin trying to impress Tymoshenko with his cab driver sense of humor (RUS) http://bit.ly/53JbUe 6 days ago
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    • Not sure why, but I always compare Ukr/Rus $bn figures (e.g. Ukr's $28bn in reserves) to Khodorkovsky's pre-arrest $15bn personal fortune... 1 week ago