Orthodox Christmas in Russia, on the 7th of January… We (Sveta and I) were drinking our cups of coffee and tea and started to talk about Russian Christmas in Russia. In Russia the 6th of January is Christmas Eve and the 7th is Russian Orthodox Christmas… I get confused by all these holidays this time [...]
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December 12, 2011
November 5, 2011
Party time: slogans boom as elections loom
Staunch communists are appealing to Soviet nostalgia: “Communists haven’t lied a single time in 100 years! We saved the country from fascism in WWII. We twice saved the country from collapsing. We were the first in space!” says Gennady Zyuganov proudly. Liberal democrats are yet again appealing to nationalism. “The Russian president should be the [...]
