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On This Day, June 12: Tear Down This Wall
June 12, 1987 Reagan challenges Gorbachev On this day in 1987, in one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down… more →
The Trail
Has new Moldovan government opened a can of worms over Transdniestria?
jamesofranklin wrote 1 week ago: The country that doesn't exist Even though the Republic of Moldova has recently celebrated toppl … more →
Ostalgia after 20 years
nickbaines wrote 2 weeks ago: It has been fascinating listening (in the car on the drive from London to Liverpool) to all the stuf … more →
Russian Human Rights Group Memorial wins Sakharov Prize
maryhoneyballmep wrote 1 month ago: Congratulations to Oleg Orlov, Sergei Kovalev and Lyudmila Alexeyeva from the Russian civil rights d … more →
Alcoholism I
ntldr1962 wrote 1 month ago: This is a post many of you will not find interesting. At first sight it is not interesting fo … more →
Alcoholism II
ntldr1962 wrote 1 month ago: Samogón, home made vodka. Samogón (самогон), as well called спирит, spirits in English, is a home- m … more →
Alexander Lebedev, Russia's Most Contrarian Oligarch
annushka27 wrote 1 month ago: Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Лебедев, born 16 December, 1959) is a … more →
Talking About Sport In Russia
annushka27 wrote 1 month ago: Sport in Russia has always been popular. Perhaps more then a half of Russians have tried some kind o … more →
Berlusconi: Immunity Stripped
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DrThrottling wrote 1 month ago: Having talked about Silvio Berlusconi occasionally (in these posts, Busted! and Dinosaur) he has bec … more →
India felt it would win N-war with Pak
iaoj wrote 1 month ago: In a book, Bill Clinton says India had calculated that a Pak nuke hit could kill 500 million Indians … more →
Bill’s backstage moments
Jonathon Gatehouse wrote 1 month ago: Journalists write the first draft of history. Bill Clinton provided the second—and subsequent revisio … more →
The Laughing Gnome
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col1234 wrote 2 months ago: The Laughing Gnome! Let’s come straight to it: yes, “The Laughing Gnome” is about … more →
Yeltsin on a tank
thequintessential wrote 2 months ago: Diane-Lu Hovasse/AFP/Getty Images Itar / Tass / Reuters On August 19, 1991, the hardliners of the Co … more →
too much tv.
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poemless wrote 2 months ago: I’m so sick I’ve nothing to say. Except that Qaddafi is my new favorite celebrity. That … more →
Boris Yeltsin: As drunk as Spongebob Squarepants, and just as sexy.
Righteous Schimmelbusch wrote 2 months ago: Russian leader Boris Yeltsin was once found near the White House late at night dressed in his underw … more →
Alas, poor Boris
prempanicker wrote 2 months ago: He also relayed how Boris Yeltsin’s late-night drinking during a visit to Washington in 1995 n … more →
Drunk Boris Tried to Hail Taxi in His Underpants
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bigrab wrote 2 months ago: I must admit that when I saw this headline, it conjured up another gaffe prone Boris: But the articl … more →
Batchelor: Berlin-Moscow After Star Wars
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Brenda J. Elliott wrote 2 months ago: John Batchelor writes on his blog: Alexander Nevsky’s Battle on the Ice Angela Merkel’s … more →
Ted Kennedy's Soviet Gambit by Peter Robinson
One Man's Thoughts wrote 2 months ago: Considering the late Senator’s complete record requires digging into the USSR’s archives … more →
The National Pastime
thesicklychild wrote 3 months ago: Despite being a city of more than a million people, there wasn’t much to do in Ufa, at least i … more →
