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Last week, Chechen Boy-President Ramzan Kadyrov announced it was time “to end the parade of regional presidents,” saying that “a unified state should have only one president.” He has also suggested that there should be no presidents of banks, charities, … Continue reading
Russians: a peaceful people victorious?
As TIME’s Simon Shuster reports today, a massive crackdown is underway in Dagestan to retaliate for last month’s twin suicide bombings in the Moscow metro. One of the two Black Widow bombers, was, in fact, a widow; the other one, … Continue reading
The Moscow bombings: a week later
It’s been exactly a week since the Moscow metro bombings, and not much has changed. The metro is again operating at full capacity. The only way you can tell something happened here is the heavy police and muzzled-Rottweiler presence, as … Continue reading
Back to the USSR-Imperial Russia Amalgamate
I once promised myself I would never use a clichéd headline such as the one I just used, but, people, the day has come when there’s finally reason to. Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, has announced that it’s … Continue reading
