russia issues

Isn't this news over there in the anglo sphere? We here are bombarded with stories of Chodorkowski's release. Part of amnesty which also led to the release of the two thirds of "Pussy Riot" remaining in custody. And those Green Peace fools who attacked a serious oil rig.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21737475 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324323904578370480551545020.html I wonder if they will continue with this grotesque charade or try to silently drop it. Maybe they will dig up his corpse and put him in the dock?

I didn't quite understand the issue until she compared it to the Jewish problem, which of course we can all relate to. :boggled: eta: oops, forgot the link: http://www.times.spb.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=34896

Stealing from the are there any Cuban's thread, I kind of want to know if there are any Russian's on this board and if so I was kind of looking for your opinion about your country. I hear alot in the media... and lately it hasn't been good. Am I hearing the whole story or what. It seems to me...

Here's the article in Russian media. I use Google translate. link Close-minded russian politicians are not accepting healthy criticism and became hostile. This is an echo from Soviet times.

Bad news for our Eurasian friends. The Russian president has now signed a bill recognising beer as an alcoholic beverage. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14232970

http://www.eurasiareview.com/russians-beyond-urals-%E2%80%98no-longer-want-to-be-russians%E2%80%99-census-finds-02032011/ I think this image accurately explains the sentiment. Maybe there will one day be an actually democratic and west friendly state there?

The Moscow Times reported: Full: The Moscow Times and Full: RIA Novosti

So how come so many communists in Russia hate jews? If communism is a jewish conspiracy than how come communists in Russia are anti-zionist or anti-ZOG? Why do communists in Russia talk the same way nazis do? :confused: Many communists I have talked to also claim that there is a zionist...

http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_11283875 Not particularly new, but its's interesting that there seems to be a correlation between a government having trouble providing health care to its population, and the promotion of these kinds of "traditional medicine" as a sort of stop-gap. China is...

The Duma has approved the proposals put to them by President Dmitry Medvedev which propose extending the Russian presidential term from four to six years. The changes still need to be voted on by the Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, and by regional legislatures, but given the...

Very interesting article in the NY Times today about Luzhkov, mayor of Moscow, and his leading role in the Russian semi-official policy of encouraging ethnic minorities, particularly the Russian one, in the republics of the former Soviet Union. Evidently Luzhkov, who must have at least Putin's...

Ukraine to join Poland in Missile Defense system. It appears that Russia's attempts to intimidate the former Soviet states are backfiring.

Putin: " In 1992, Russia unilaterally ended flights by its strategic aircraft .. " " .. to distant military patrol areas. Unfortunately, our example was not followed by everyone " http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/18/wputin118.xml Russia has resumed long-range...

Putin is 100% correct to tell these European "leaders" to stuff a sock in it. Notice that the US lends 100% support for Russia in this attack, while some in Europe want to try blame the victims and perhaps justify the cause of these unhuman attackers.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=573&ncid=757&e=7&u=/nm/20030207/od_nm/language_dc The State Duma lower house overwhelmingly approved a bill entrenching Russian as the "state language" and barring "offensive," "obscene" and "vulgar" words. Foreign words are also outlawed when...