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
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
March 01, 2008 Remembrance of Breads Past A rediscovery and a remake of the most Russian of Russian breads: Borodinsky.
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
January 10, 2008 Twin Christmases In February 1582, the Catholic Church, in the person of Pope Gregory the thirteenth, decreed a new, more accurate calendar to replace the Julian calendar, which had been in use since 45 BC. The revision meant dropping 10 days off the year... Culture History Holidays Humor
January 01, 2008 Of Tatyana, Comets and Champagne A consideration of fashionable foods from Onegin's era, and particularly Russian and French champagnes of a particular vintage.
