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Jerseylicious — The Nets Guy Runs for President

By on 17/01/2012

I don’t usually delve into Russian presidential politics that deeply.  As I’ve written before, there isn’t much to get your teeth into in a 35-minute electoral cycle, featuring candidates who all make Mitt Romney look scintillating.   I’m not holding out a lot of hope that this year is going to be much different.  Protest-shmotest seems [...]

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Un-friending Dmitry Medvedev

By on 21/09/2011

If you are a Russia watcher (and if you aren’t, why on earth are you reading this blog?) you will be up to speed about the big announcement over the weekend that Putin will be running for president of Russia in 2012.

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The “F” Words: More from the Expat Lexicon

By on 02/06/2011

Foreign:
A synonym for “strange” or “no longer welcome at this particular time in our nation’s history,” or just plain “wrong.”

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Day of Russian Guards Regiments/День российской гвардии: Boyhood Games to Military Might

By on 02/09/2010

In the Putin era, the Guards are brought out of retirement, dusted off, and put to work again for the greater glory of Russia’s new empire: along with double-headed eagles, the Orthodox Church, money, and good old Russian excess.

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Tax is the new Terror

By on 15/04/2010

I hadn’t given the Terror much thought for quite some time. It is not my period for a start (I’m an 1825 – 1918 gal) and of course, it is not remotely amusing.

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