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Creating an illusion of democracy - amnesty for Pussy Riot
Today it was said in the news that the planned Putin's amnesty (to celebrate 20 years of constitution) will concern two members of Pussy Riot who are still imprisoned.
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Chinese cartoon about Yanukovich
There's a nice and brief cartoon to explain the current situation in Ukraine made by Chinese media
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Marketing Freedom Of Speech
"Freedom of Speech. Expensive" - this is the new slogan of Russian news magazine The New TimesThe magazine aims to be the first media in Russia to be 100% owned by its readers. As they tell on their website, "You read - we write. If there are no readers, there is no magazine. It's very simple ( Read more... ) -
Умение "правильно читать"
Школьников планируют научить не только уметь читать, но и уметь читать правильно
http://lenta.ru/news/2013/12/02/newspaper/
"Во всех московских школах к 2016 году появятся уроки чтения газет и журналов, сообщает РИА Новости со ссылкой на заместителя руководителя городского департамента СМИ и рекламы Юлию Казакову.
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Sochi Olympics - Plain Statistics
Here's some plain statics about the budgets for the upcoming Winter Olympics, from the report "Winter Olympics in the Subtropics"
For how many times the cost of the Olympics has increased during the building stage. Second from the right - average of various Olympics 1988-2012. Starting from left: Athens, Torino, Peking, Vancouver, London. Sochi ( Read more... ) -
Old Sochi
While there are controversial preparations for the corrupted 2014 Olympics, it's good to remember that once it was a major resort in the Soviet Union. Here's a collection of old photos of Sochi found in internet, to give an idea of what kind of place it was.
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Railway station, 1926
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Russian news - this week in pictures
This weeks major news were related to the continuing actions of russian nationalists, interlinking with regular arrests of illegal immigrants.
[Check out some of this weeks main events in Russia.]
Check out some of this weeks main events in Russia.
Monday 14.10.
Mass arrests of illegal immigrants in Moscow, close to markets and vegetable and fruit storages.
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Violin from Titanic
The famous violin that was played at the Titanic was sold at the auction, priced over 1 000 000 EUR. This is the most expensive single item from Titanic that was sold at the auction.
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KOLORITfest 2013 Prague
Last week I got unique opportunity to participate in the KOLORITfest 2013, in Prague - "An international music festival of Russian speakers' culture", organized by Chezch organization Pragmatiki. The festival gathered delegations from 13 countries, consisting of Russian-speaking artists (or "artists") and organizations related to Russian-speaking ( Read more... ) -
Russian wealth distribution
The Wall Street Journal published an article yesterday, about one of the most inequality countries in the world in terms of wealth distribution ( Read more... )
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