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April 17, 4:00 PM

The Great Toilet Shortage Of ’09

by Katya Tylevich

Breaking news from Polit.ru. The headline: “Moscow lacks 100 public toilets.” Our response: juvenile snickering. But, unlike us, Moscow’s sanitary technicians are taking the issue very seriously. In fact— wait, Moscow has sanitary technicians?

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April 18, 12:04 PM
Bear Bones wrote: The good news is that "unlawful urination" is common in Moscow.
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Live from LJ
April 23, 8:00 PM

04/24/09: Russian SWAT in Action and Many Various Woes

by Marina Galperina
The Russian blogosphere conveniently, if bafflingly, revolves around LJ. Each week, RUSSIA! scans the chatter and brings you the top five topics.
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April 24, 4:16 PM
Jason Blavatnik wrote: How odd: The hunt for the black porche.
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Made in Russia
April 23, 11:00 AM

An Anti-Democracy Truck Ride, Anyone?

Thank you, The New York Times for bringing to our attention the Anti-Democracy truck. Deep in the snow-covered lands of Siberia, the proletariat workers assemble the odd-looking (like all other Russian-made cars) vehicle designed for breaking up demonstrations and strikes. The steel beast can bump the protesting crowd with its reinforced bumper, can assault them with the terrible noise and, of course, hit them with the water cannon.
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Media
April 20, 8:00 PM

Half-Dead Journal

by Julia Ioffe
Exciting news for Russian Interneters! Tomorrow, your president, Dmitry Medvedev, will join LiveJournal, the MySpace-like blog platform that took Russia by storm in the early part of this century and has yet to let go. Starting tomorrow, the President – the President! – will mingle in your lowly mingling places and discuss with you your silly thoughts on politics! On the Internet! The President!
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Live from LJ
April 18, 3:00 PM

04/17/09: A Homeless Filmmaker, Playground Monsters and a New Cult

by Marina Galperina
The Russian blogosphere conveniently, if bafflingly, revolves around LJ. Each week, RUSSIA! scans the chatter and brings you the top five topics.
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April 23, 2:55 AM
Juergen Hoebarth wrote: Whoo - and i found him on facebook http://www.facebook.com/…
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Business
April 21, 10:00 PM

Two Russian Stock Exchanges Is One Too Many

MICEX or RTS? That's the question you are probably asking yourself every day. Well, some people do. MICEX and RTS are the competing Moscow-based stock exchanges, where most Russian companies float their shares. Both exchanges have stock market indexes, which aim to be the Russian DJIA -- the official indicator of the market. There is only one problem -- the market is so small, so when you divide it into two, it becomes tiny. So tiny that the readers of this blog could easily affect the stock prices if they wanted to.
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May 24, 4:42 PM
atul bajpai wrote: Every dark night is followed by a bright sunny day. So, patience and attention is required and things will be fruitful…
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Live from LJ
April 10, 4:00 PM

04/10/09: DIY Narcotics in the USSR, Anti-Consumerist Rap and Thieves

by Marina Galperina
The Russian blogosphere conveniently, if bafflingly, revolves around LJ. Each week, RUSSIA! scans the chatter and brings you the top five topics. 
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Media
April 9, 12:00 AM

“Kreditny Krisis” on the Front Page of the Financial Times. That Must Mean Something.

Kreditny Krisis (“Credit crisis” in Russian, for those who need the translation) appeared on the front page of the Financial Times today. It’s the second Russian phrase on the front page of the major newspaper or magazine, after Londongrad.
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Street Fashion
April 8, 12:00 AM

Three Girls And One Bat In a Amusement Park

by Lena Sarapultseva
Each week, RUSSIA! takes a camera to the streets of Moscow and other cities and towns and brings you the interesting looking people. This week, it's three girls in an amusement park.
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Made in Russia
April 6, 12:00 AM

Clubbing with Mickey

by Andrew Biliter
Nothing is sacred among Russia’s deviant hipster fashion designers, not even a true American hero like Mickey Mouse.
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Made in Russia
April 3, 9:00 AM

Diamonds are for Suckers

by Andrew Biliter
Last time we checked in on Open! Design’s Sergei Kuzhavsky and Stas Zhitsky, they were bending golden nails into jewelry.
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April 3, 10:43 AM
Bear Bones wrote: Is it on sale in London?
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March 31, 1:00 PM

Partisans for Prostitutes

by Julia Ioffe
Perhaps the best thing about being an oligarch – if you have any money left, that is – is the ability to hire your own partisan (Russian for “guerrilla”) army. And Mikhail Prokhorov, now the richest man in Russia by sheer luck, may have just such an army.
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April 1, 1:01 AM
Mikhail Sheferd wrote: Just give these "athletes" back their bling and move on. They’re just minor players in this farce.
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Street Fashion
March 31, 12:00 AM

A Woman With a Dog

by Lena Sarapultseva
RUSSIA! launches the "Street Fashion" section. New photos taken on the streets of Moscow and around Russia will be published twice a week on this blog.
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April 2, 5:11 PM
Ilya Merenzon wrote: There is going to be more. Thanks!
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Politics
March 27, 12:00 AM

Chivers Me Timbers

by Julia Ioffe
Early this morning, Moscow-based New York Times correspondent C.J. Chivers was detained by the South Ossetian KGB as he tried to cross into Mogabruni, an Ossetian village on the border with Georgia, which claims its territory.
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April 9, 7:40 PM
Doug Willstead wrote: South Ossetia is an independent nation...my my. I love the real story of the border encounter,compared to the crap…
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Sochi 2014
March 25, 12:00 AM

Party of Love Enters the Ring

by Julia Ioffe
There is one place in Russia where democracy is alive and well, and that place is Sochi, the Black Sea resort-town of yore that will host the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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April 2, 4:56 PM
Ilya Merenzon wrote: There is also: В России две беды -- дураки и дороги, а третья - это когда первая беда пытается чинить вторую".…
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