Category: the world

Alright friends, I’m going to ask you to compare two blog posts. After that we’€™ll discuss the differences, just like you used to do in school! The first one is at Russia Blog: “Slander” — The Wall Street Journal Misinforms on Extremism Legislation. The second is at La Russophobe (a name which, by the way,…

What are we doing becoming so cozy with China? How long can we continue to turn a blind eye to things like this, a new crackdown on China’s most liberal media, as reported in the International Herald Tribune? Here’s some more coverage by Guardian Unlimited.

Forbes reports that Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has rejected a Russian loan as a means of coping with impending hikes in prices by Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom. According to the article, Gazprom is forcing a 4-fold increase in prices upon the Ukraine. Others have speculated that this action comes as retribution for the defeat of the…