Tag Archives: Kremlin

Worm hole

Posted on October 14, 2010 by themoscowdiaries

On Tuesday night, Dmitry Zelenin, the governor of Tver, went to the Kremlin for a fancy-pants state dinner with German President Christian Wulff. (Wulff was supposed to visit Tver later in his trip to discuss possibilities of economic cooperation. After … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dmitry Zelenin, Kremlin, salad, Sergei Prikhodko, worm | 3 Comments

Happy birthday, Mr. Mayor

Posted on September 21, 2010 by themoscowdiaries

Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov celebrates his 74th birthday in exile today just as Russian news reports hint — nay, state — that the Kremlin has given the mayor up to three weeks to leave voluntarily. If he does this, he’ll be … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dmitry Medvedev, Kremlin, Moscow mayor, Vladimir Putin, Yuri Luzhkov | 7 Comments

You wanna dance, old man?

Posted on August 25, 2010 by themoscowdiaries

What do you do if your name is Yuri Luzhkov and the Kremlin is pissed at you for your criminally selfish behavior and the piss-poor optics of your utter abandonment of Moscow while your city, your one jurisdiction burns? Get … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged forest fires, honey bees, Kremlin, Moscow, parking, Yuri Luzhkov | 3 Comments

Hello, goodbye

Posted on July 30, 2010 by themoscowdiaries

This is my last True/Slant post for, as of tomorrow, True/Slant will be no more. You will be able to read more of my bloggery, if you so choose, at themoscowdiaries.wordpress.com but for now here my last T/S post. A … Continue reading →

Posted in strange, Uncategorized, world | Tagged George W. Bush, History, Kremlin, Mark Adomanis, Moscow, russia, Russian Empire, Russophobe, Soviet Union, United States | 9 Comments

'Guys, cool it'

Posted on July 5, 2010 by themoscowdiaries

As the onion of the spy scandal sheds more layers back in the States, Russia can only watch and see what pearls it holds. Today, though, we have an interesting nugget of information from Center. Russian Newsweek, a stand-out publication … Continue reading →

Posted in world | Tagged anna chapman, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Espionage, Government, Kremlin, Newsweek, russia, russian spies, State Duma, the illegals, United States, Vladislav Surkov | 7 Comments

Medvedev, quite literally, comes up short

Posted on June 24, 2010 by themoscowdiaries

Poor, wonderful Dmitry Medvedev. The man tries to bring his country into the modern era by enlisting some of Silicon Valley’s finest minds, and what does the press write about? His midget shoes. At just under 5’4″, Medvedev is the … Continue reading →

Posted in strange, Uncategorized, world | Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dmitry Medvedev, History, Kremlin, midgets, russia, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Twitter, United States | 9 Comments

Kremlin seizes Russian Chess Federation offices; no pawn pun intended

Posted on May 21, 2010 by themoscowdiaries

For those of you following the titillating chess scandal unfolding in Moscow, today brings new, exciting, dangerous developments. As Carl Schrek reported in Foreign Policy this week, the Kremlin has been starting to meddle a bit in the nomination of … Continue reading →

Posted in strange, Uncategorized, world | Tagged aliens, Anatoly Karpov, Caspian Sea, chess, FIDE, Garry Kasparov, Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Kremlin, russia, Saddam Hussein, ufo | 12 Comments

On gays and other perverts

Posted on May 18, 2010 by themoscowdiaries

As Moscow gears up for once again banning the gay pride parade later this month, Russia Today, the Kremlin’s wonderful cable propaganda channel, has been doing some tough reporting — as well as some important self-discovery. On May 6, RT … Continue reading →

Posted in strange, Uncategorized, world | Tagged Administrative Regions, animal lovers, embassy, Gay community, gay flag, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Gay pride, gays, homophobia, homosexuality, Human rights, Kremlin, Moscow, other perverts, perverts, Pride parade, Red Square, RT.com, russia, Russia Today, Soviet Union, Travel and Tourism, United States, Yuri Luzhkov, Yury Luzhkov | 14 Comments

When failure is not an option

Posted on May 17, 2010 by themoscowdiaries

This Saturday, the scary but increasingly useless pro-Kremlin youth group “Nashi” had a rally in central Moscow. They bussed in thousands of kids. Many of them, a friend noted, were carrying shopping bags because the free trip to the capital … Continue reading →

Posted in strange, Uncategorized, world | Tagged bullet, History, Kremlin, Moscow, Nashi, russia, suicide, Twentieth Century, Wars and Conflicts, world war ii, Zara | 3 Comments

Obama, Biden, Putin and the snub that never was

Posted on May 12, 2010 by themoscowdiaries

On Sunday, Russia celebrated its 65th Victory Day. For only the third time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was a full-scale military parade with Iskander missiles and helicopter gunships and tanks, tanks, and more tanks. (In case … Continue reading →

Posted in strange, Uncategorized, world | Tagged Barack Obama, british elections, david cameron, Dmitry Medvedev, Gordon Brown, Joe Biden, joseph biden, Kremlin, Nicolas Sarkozy, prince charles, Red Square, Russian Federation, Soviet Union, United States, Vladimir Putin, world war ii | 7 Comments