Tag Archives | Dmitry Medvedev

Internet Day in Russia/День интернета в России: World Domination by Domain Handle?

By on 30/09/2010

According to my uber-reliable cyber buddy, Russian Sphinx, only 32.2% of Russians use the Internet, which seems woefully little for a country that has an almost monopolistic lock up on the cyber bride/dating concession.

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Fiddler on the (Kremlin) Roof

By on 07/08/2010

While Russia burns…the Kremlin works on a cosmetic name change for Moscow’s finest.

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Day of the Russian Postal Service/День российской почты: Room For Improvement

By on 11/07/2010

If Dmitry Medvedev is really serious about beefing up Russia’s economy, he ought to put Skolkovo on the back burner and turn up the flame on the catalog mail order business!

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Day of the Light Industry Workers/День работников легкой промышленности: Pushy Women and Russia’s Almost-Ran UGG Boot

By on 13/06/2010

What really is sad, is the knowledge that Russia could have been a contender in providing a world-wide brand, but the UGG people got there first

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Vivant et repulica…et qui illam regit!

By on 16/11/2009

Tales of finagling a Russian visa.

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