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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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The Day of Victory /День Победы: “In defeat, unbeatable: in victory, unbearable”

By on 09/05/2010

World War II, or “The Great Patriotic War:” a conflict primarily fought in the Eastern European theater of war: starring the Russians as the Good Guys and featuring the Nazis as the Bad Guys.

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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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Facelift for Red Square

By on 18/02/2010

I must confess I never in my wildest dreams imagined life sized billboards of Stalin up in Red Square.

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