Russians urged to reflect on ‘inexplicable paradoxes of the Soviet Union’
A Moscow blogger has suggested that Russians now, when thinking about the Soviet past, should reflect on what…
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Russians mark Putin’s 18th year in power by reprising Brezhnev-style anecdotes
Eighteen years ago, Vladimir Putin was named Russian prime minister putting him on course to become the ruler…
“Reposts are the Soviet anecdotes of today” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Why Putin says ‘Glory to Ukraine’ – and other Russian anecdotes
Few nations in the world are more given to and gifted in the use of anecdotes about many…