September 04, 2008 Sarah Palin's Secret Past Revealed! Many have scoffed at Cindy McCain's defense of Alaska Governor (and GOP Veep candidate) Sarah Palin's foreign policy chops with the assertion that "Alaska is the closest part of our continent to Russia." Scoff not. The truth is so more startling still. Humor Politics Russia File
August 28, 2008 080808 With time, we are finding out more and more about the events that led to the recent Russo-Georgian War in the Caucausus. Two very good recent accounts have been published... History Int'l Relations Politics Russia File
August 15, 2008 Caucasian Stalemate Last Thursday, after several days of skirmishes and confrontation in the breakaway region of Ossetia, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili announced a unilateral cessation of hostilities. Hours later, however, Saakashvili ordered his armed forces to undertake a full-scale assault on Ossetia... History Int'l Relations Literature Politics Russia File
August 14, 2008 Suppressed Testament of Lenin - pt. 13 Radek as a Source of Information History Politics Russia File
June 25, 2008 A Metaphorical Net Game Russia has truly regained its prowess as a sports superpower, and it may rise further yet. It will surely be giving the U.S. a run for its money in the overall medals race at the Beijing Olympics in August... this rise in sports achievement takes place against the backdrop of a Russia that, without putting too fine a point on it, has bumbled from failure to failure in foreign policy in recent months Int'l Relations Politics Sports Russia File
March 07, 2008 Statistics and Damn Lies Robert Coalson (RFE/RL) has just published a superb summary of some of the brazen election abuses during last December's Duma elections in Russia. It would be funny if it were not so sad. Politics Russia File
March 04, 2008 Dima's recruitment This hilarious YouTube satire video by the Perm KVN group gives a bit of background on the recent Russian election, and how Medevedev was recruited for his role. The dubbing is superbly done. (All in Russian)... Humor Politics Russia File
March 01, 2008 Medvedev Emerges from His Den In the 2002 film Oligarch, by Russian director Pavel Lungin, the main character predicts his own downfall, saying, "Russia is a bear. You think you are playing with it and it devours you." History Humor Politics Russia File
February 29, 2008 Hillary-ous Hilary Clinton stumbles over the name of the next president of Russia, and a Ukrainian TV host offers a pronunciation lesson. Humor Politics Russia File
February 27, 2008 Dima Talks On February 18, Dmitry Medvedev gave an extended interview with Itogi magazine. Here are some of the highlights, Politics Russia File
February 06, 2008 We're Just Crazy about Dima So what exactly do we know about Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, other than that he is a loyal Putinista going back nearly two decades? Politics Russia File
