According to this article in Pravda, the riots that occurred in London cannot occur in Moscow or elsewhere in Russia because Russia does not believe in multiculturalism, which is at the root of the problem in England? Firstly, the article uses the term ‘pogrom’ to describe the riots in England and further, draws a racial […]
Read MoreTruly this is a victory for us all. I’m going to ignore this advice but it is nice to know that fried potatoes can be a part of a weight-loss regimen. Hmmm.
Read MoreIn this piece from Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey for Pravda.ru, Mr. Bancroft-Hinchey describes alleged warcrimes by NATO participants and calls the rebels in Libya terrorists. Muammar Qadaffi’s force liberate towns and the people greet them with open arms. Yeah, I’m sure of that. The interesting thing about articles like this is that it draws into sharp focus […]
Read MoreJapan, a pacifist country that has had a rough year so far, apparently has the third largest defense budget in the world. It is speculated that this posture is maintained because of disputed islands with its neighbors, such as Diaoyu Islands with China and the Kuril Islands with Russia, and that Japan’s increasing involvement with […]
Read MoreThe downgrade of US credit by Standard and Poor to AA+ from AAA really did not have as large an impact as feared but nonetheless served as a kind of wake-up call for the international financial system. The US’s debt market remains the world’s largest, safest and most liquid, presenting the best investment for foreign […]
Read MoreThe Russian Federation, which has a struggling population with a low birth rate, fears invasion by millions of Chinese and Indian immigrants. Xenophobia is not just a US thing after all, nor is it the only land of opportunity out there.
Read MoreWas the suppression of the coup against Gorbachev a victory for democracy? Twenty years after the events of August 1991, many Russians’ views of these events have changed considerably. The Levada group which conducts polling in Russia on the issue recorded that one quarter of the population saw the suppression of the coup as a […]
Read MoreHow the sun is going to explode in the far future and what will happen to the solar system as a result. Good stuff.
Read MorePravda surmises that if Syria’s Bashar al-Assad were to accept Turkey’s demands to cease actions against demonstrators and to welcome free elections that the regime would certainly collapse. Pravda’s Sergei Balmasov writes that the ‘peaceful demonstrators’ are armed with Kalashnikov rifles and that Turkey is actively exacerbating the situation on the ground in order to […]
Read MoreYet more speculation and paranoia out of Pravda’s Sergei Balmasov. I love Pravda for its conspiratorial stance on issues and its typically different take on events from most Western papers. In this interesting piece, Balmasov claims that the 11th August Statement of the UN Security Council regarding Syria is a ‘carte blanche’ for the enemies […]
Read More