Tag Archives: police
Moscow airport hijacking
Reports this evening that a hijacking has been stopped at Domodedovo airport in Moscow. Yesterday afternoon. Apparently, a passenger on a Moscow-bound flight from Mineralnye Vody “made demands” of the crew and held up the plane for two hours. One … Continue reading
Do you know who I am?
Today, I bring you another tale of swaggering servants of the Russian people. On Victory Day, May 9, a huge column of tanks, armored vehicles, and missiles paraded through Moscow, but then they had to get back to their base … Continue reading
Absurdoagitprop
Moscow is a ghost town today. Saturday was May 1, or International Worker’s Day, and it is part of a long stretch of May holidays, which culminates in Victory Day on May 9. That means three-day weekends, vacations, barbecues, and, yes, … Continue reading
Moscow, you should be ashamed of your racist, xenophobic self — but, of course, you're not
Crossing the underground transfer to the Paveletskaya stop on the circle line in the Moscow metro this morning, I found myself swallowed up by a bunch of singing, rowdy youths. Decked out in red-and-white scarves, they were on their way … 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
Porn hacker, traffic jam creator nabbed in Novorossiisk
On January 14, at precisely 11:05 pm, a giant digital billboard on one of the busiest streets in Moscow lit up with something highly unsual. The traffic jam was almost instantaneous as awed drivers craned to get a glimpse of … Continue reading
Yikes
From a post by fellow T/S-er Matt Taibbi on the threat to an Australian journalist working in Moscow: THREE armed men have been arrested outside the home of an Australian freelance journalist in Moscow just a week after the federal government … Continue reading
Russian police need makeover, get TV show
There are few things Russians hate more than the Russian police force. This hatred, which oscillates between derision, condescension, pity, indifference, and rage, comes from the fact that the police here operate much in the way Tony Soprano’s racketeers do: … Continue reading
