Showing posts with label Vladimir Putin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vladimir Putin. Show all posts
Sunday, August 16, 2020

Man from the Magazine.

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Alexander Lukashenko is the offspring of another universe. He graduated from the Mogilev Pedagogical Institute (now Mogilev State A. ...
Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Russiagate: "The question now is, has the Mueller report finally freed up the rest of us to challenge the more insane flights of fantasy?"

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But was it consummated? As usual The Onion wins. Shocked Vladimir Putin Slowly Realizing He Didn’t Conspire With Trump Campaign  ( ...
Monday, December 25, 2017

An excellent four-part documentary film about recent Russian history called Moscow's Empire.

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It has been only 26 years since the Soviet Union dissolved, which is a blip in the overall timeline of history. Absent context, little can b...
Thursday, April 06, 2017

Wastin' away again in Nizhny Novgorod: "Putin Derangement Syndrome Arrives."

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As I remember him ( photo credit ). Since I've been to Russia a few times ... Euro ’85, Part 30 … Or, as it was called at the time...
Saturday, December 20, 2014

I believe drinking more Radeberger is not a potential key to resolving Russia's economic difficulties.

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It's worth noting that Mikhail Gorbachev's response to the 1980s-era problems cited below was not to dismantle the Soviet Union, but...
Saturday, September 13, 2014

Pilsners with Putin: 1989 Revisited (Part Four).

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In 1989, Dresden was the sort of destination that merited two days of sightseeing before rejoining the train for Prague or Berlin. Before Wo...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Pilsners with Putin: 1989 Revisited (Part Three).

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Once the volunteer brigade was billeted at the Planterwald quasi-M*A*S*H camp in East Berlin, we began an unforgettable three weeks of daily...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Pilsners with Putin: 1989 Revisited (Part Two).

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My miniscule role in the GDR’s final socialist summer came about because of a stubborn determination to be different from the rest of the ba...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Pilsners with Putin: 1989 Revisited (Part One).

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It has been six long years since the last time I shared this story of drinking beer with Vladimir Putin, and given that the 25th anniversary...