A Lesson on Being a Muscovite
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posted by zaina19 on September, 2007 as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/4/2007 10:31 AM Tuesday, September 4, 2007 A Lesson on Being a Muscovite By Ross Kenneth Urken Special to The Moscow Times It isn't easy for newcomers to adapt to Moscow, with its 12 million inhabitants, overwhelming metro, traffic-snarled streets and relentless hustle. So Sergei Daonag decided to offer lessons. Daonag, a 41-year-old native of Ukraine who has lived in Moscow since the 1980s, is teaching recent arrivals and longtime residents alike the need to be tough, reflective and lucky to survive. "Moscow accepted me when I came here many years ago, and I have since formed a friendship, or even a bond of love, with the city. I want to share this love with others," he said. The three-hour course, taught in Russian for 850 rubles ($33), gives practical advice on how to manage a career, an apartment and everyday life. Daonag started teaching the course in January, and each session draws about 15 people. Daonag tells the students that they need to be tough to deal ... >> full
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Russia and the usual suspects
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/6/2007 2:21 AM Russia and the usual suspects Publication time: 3 September 2007, 17:48 It certainly would be welcome news if, in fact, Russian investigators have arrested 10 people involved in the murder of the crusading journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and perhaps also the killing of an American journalist, Paul Klebnikov, and the deputy head of the Russian Central Bank, Andrei Kozlov. That is what Russia's prosecutor general, Yuri Chaika, announced the other day. But forgive us if we remain skeptical. There's just too much of the "usual suspects" here, and Russia's criminal justice system is too blatantly under the thumb of President Vladimir Putin's Kremlin, for us to accept at face value that due process of law is at work. It is certainly possible that the murders involved the suspects Mr. Chaika described - professional Chechen hit men, moonlighting police officers and a rogue intelligence officer. There are plenty of these types in Russia, and Russians would readily accept that they were hired ... >> full
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I believe that what the West and those inside Russia who do not side with Putin are seeing is only the beginning
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/6/2007 2:42 AM September, 5, 2007 I believe that what the West and those inside Russia who do not side with Putin are seeing is only the beginning. SIA CHECHENPRESS publishes interview of Minister for Foreign Affairs of ChRI Akhmed Zakayev for the "M3" regarding the situation in Russia and the Russian-British relations. MЗ: As the presidential election approaches, Russia’s foreign policy is becoming increasingly aggressive, targeted at the nationalistic ‘patriots’ and sundry pro-Putin youth movements like Nashi (Our Side). How dangerous is this trend for the West – and for Russia? Ahkmed Zakaev: The present regime in Russia represents more than just a few out-of-control thugs. It is an attempt to retaliate for all that has happened. It was entirely predictable, even though nobody saw it coming. The “Putinism” which has taken root in Russia is the old, familiar everyday Soviet fascism, if now in a less original guise. I recall Mr Anatoly Chubais gloating over the mass slaughter of Chechens in the ... >> full
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Jakarta seals Russian arms deal
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/6/2007 3:07 AM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 06, 2007 7:40 MECCA TIME, 4:40 GMT Jakarta seals Russian arms deal Indonesia has already bought four advanced Russian Sukhoi jet fighters [EPA] Russia has closed a significant military deal with Indonesia, selling Jakarta a package of weapons including helicopters, tanks and submarines worth more than $1bn. The deal will be signed on Thursday during an historic visit to Indonesia by Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, the first by a Russian head of state in nearly 50 years. Putin is making a one-day stopover in Indonesia on his way to the summit of leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum in Sydney. The arms deal, financed by a 15 year loan from Russia, is Indonesia's first major purchase of military hardware in many years. The country used to buy most of its weaponry from the United States but that source was cut in 1999 when Washington imposed a military embargo on Indonesia over human rights abuses in East Timor. Although the embargo was ... >> full
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Russian space technology out of date
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/6/2007 10:09 AM Russian space technology out of date Publication time: Today at 09:59 Djokhar time An unmanned Russian rocket carrying a Japanese communications satellite malfunctioned after liftoff Thursday and crashed in Kazakhstan, officials said. Nobody was hurt. The Proton-M rocket failed to put the JCSAT-11 satellite into orbit because of a problem during operation of the second stage, the U.S.-based American-Russian joint venture International Launch Services said. The rocket failed 139 seconds after its launch from the Russian-rented Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan, and its second and third stages veered from the planned trajectory at an altitude of 74 kilometres, said Alexander Vorobyov, a spokesman for the Russian space agency Roskosmos. Parts of the rocket fell to the ground in an uninhabited area about 50 kilometres southwest of the central Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Vorobyov said. Under an agreement with Kazakhstan, launches of Proton rockets from Baikonur were suspended until the cause of the crash is determined, Vorobyov said. He said that was unlikely to affect future ... >> full
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