russia

Russia is the world's largest country, covering much of Eurasia and a total of more than one eighth of the planet's land area and almost double the size of the United States. Politically Russia is a federation, which was created when the USSR broke up in 1991.

Bloggers are often writing about Russia's strong position in the the gas market and often about the giant firm Gazprom, about the difficulties experienced by minority groups, and about the health and social problems that have followed the end of communism. Many also wrote about the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia.

Blogs mentioning Russia might also be talking about the nation's great literary tradition, from Tolstoy to Dostoevsky to Anna Akhmatova.

Most people searching the term will be looking for travel information.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “russia”

• in Politics
  Putin Differs in Opinion with State Duma on “Dima Yakovlev Bill”
  Russian Parliament Works on Controversial Bill
  by novivlad / on Dec 19, 2012
• in Technology
  iTunes Store Launches in 52 More Countires
  But it's still limited
  by calliblcarver / on Dec 4, 2012
• in Technology
  Russia Rolls out Their Censored Version of the Web
  A new Russian law will allow them to shut down websites they deem to be harmful
  by cmimanagers / on Nov 1, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “russia”

 

• ‘Damascus is not suicidal, picking fight with Turkey defies logic’

  
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  The claim Damascus is behind the deadly blasts in Turkey should be taken with skepticism, believes Dr Hallinan of Foreign Policy in Focus, who says the Syrian govt is not suicidal and it makes no sense to pick a fight with the biggest NATO army in Europe.
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• Iran to Launch Talks Between Syria’s Government and Opposition: Salehi

  
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  Iran could “launch talks between Syria’s government and opposition”, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi told Germany’s Der Spiegel newsweekly in an interview published on Sunday. With fears the war, now in its third year, could turn even deadlier, diplomatic efforts have been ramped up, with Russia ...
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• Russia Approaching the Breaking Point

  
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  From American Thinker.Com May 11, 2013 By Kim Zigfeld An unusually intense barrage of criticism was fired at Vladimir Putin’s Russia last week, which is saying something where he’s concerned.  Three different highly respected international organizations condemned in the strongest terms his ...
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• Netanyahu and Putin to Discuss Syria

  
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  Amid growing concern in Israel and the West that Russia may soon deliver a sophisticated air defense system to Syria, Israeli and Russian officials confirmed on Saturday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would meet with President Vladimir V. Putin as early as this week.
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• Russia – Gosloto 7/49

  
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  Draw Date : Sun, 12 May 2013 20:00:00 GMT Draw Results : Coming Soon… Next Draw Date : Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:00 GMT Buy Lottery Ticket Now! Lottery Results The post Russia – Gosloto 7/49 appeared first on Lottery World - Lottery Tickets Sales .
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• RUSSIA: Gay Man Beaten To Death After Coming Out To Drinking Companions

  
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  Russian police have confirmed that a gay man was beaten to death in Volgograd on Thursday after he came out to men hed been drinking with. A spokeswoman for the Volgograd office of the Investigative Committee said on May 12 that the battered body of the unidentified victim was found on the morning of May 10. Two ...
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• Last time CO2 hit 400 ppm, temperature was 8C warmer, seas 40m higher than today

  
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  The future of a globally warmed world has been revealed in a remote meteorite crater in Siberia, where lake sediments recorded the strikingly balmy climate of the Arctic during the last period when greenhouse gas levels were as high as today.
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• Richard Branson serves as AirAsia stewardess after losing bet

  
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  His star turn on the flight from Australia’s Perth to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur came after he lost a Grand Prix bet with the Malaysian budget carrier’s founder. Read the original here: Richard Branson serves as AirAsia stewardess after losing bet
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• Netanyahu to visit Putin in a bid to stop his S-300 missile sale to Syria

  
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  Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sets off for the Black Sea town of Sochi early next week for a personal call on President Vladimir Putin. This was confirmed Saturday, May 11 by the Russian president’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who declined to explain the urgency of the unplanned meeting.... This is a ...
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• Russia: Tortured and killed gay man was ‘raped with beer bottles’

  
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  A gay man from the southern Russian city of Volgograd who was tortured to death in an apparent hate crime, was sexually assaulted with beer bottles, and had his skull “smashed with a stone”, authorities said on Sunday. The death of the man has concerned activists, who say prejudice is becoming more concentrated ...
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• 12 May 2013. A Word on Certain Loud Republican Circles Amongst Us

  
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  Birds of a feather flock together… and they’re GOOD birds, not shitbirds. ______________________________ I say the following… so, don’t instigate a witch-hunt of those who hate the immoral and pernicious pabulum dispensed by the Republican Party . It’s time for Christ’s Church to disassociate ...
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• Israel Will Try To Convince Russia To Not Transfer Surface-To-Air Missiles To Syria

  
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  S-300 missile defense system. © RIA Novosti. Mikhail Fomichev Netanyahu Trying To Thwart Transfer Of Surface-To-Air Missiles From Russia To Syria -- Haaretz The alleged Israeli bombardments in Syria came at the height of a stormy debate in Washington. Following the two recent air strikes on Syria that ...
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• M(*S)MMM #378 -- Reporting on Alabama

  
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  Some Media, from the Outside looking In at Alabama. Bruce Lowry used to work for The Anniston Star and now works for a Northern New Jersey newspaper where he has written an editorial about the Alabamas Immigration Law. The Russia Today website reports rather unfavorably on The University of ...
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• Russia pursues hypersonic weapon research

  
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  Russia is developing a hypersonic weapon program. It involves more than 60 companies and is scheduled for completion this summer. Launched in the former USSR, hypersonic weapon research was resumed in post-Soviet Russia in 2009 under the umbrella of the state-owned Tactical Missiles Corporation. Viktor Litovkin, ...
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• Yakutsk – Oymyakon – Magadan. The World’s Coldest Road Trip in Winter 2013-2014.

  
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  Finally, I am publishing 127 photographs of the “Yakutsk – Oymyakon – Magadan. The World’s Coldest Road Trip” overland adventure travel that was done in cooperation with Nord Stream LLC on the Kolyma Road of Bones in winter 2013 . That trip was announced previously here . In the 2013 February winter ...
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• Live video updates: Lokomotiv Moscow v CSKA Moscow

  
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  Vagner Love fired CSKA ahead on 6 minutes played, and the league leaders doubled their advantage through  Ahmed Musa in the 26th. The match appeared over as a contest in the 42nd minute as  Vagner Love capitalised on poor goalkeeping for CSKA’s third. Lokomotiv Moscow reduced the deficit to 1 – 3 through ...
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• Mursi’s Tragicomedy

  
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  Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi fluffed his lines during a speech at the Koerber foundation in Berlin. ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images Whoever became Egypt’s first Arab Spring president would have faced almost insurmountable challenges in realizing a stable and successful transition. Egypt’s uprising emerged from ...
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• A Company’s Story Must Carry Impingement Value to Obtain Widespread Publicity

  
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  In two previous columns, we talked about how quality management attracts Publicity, or PR. Nearly every company is constantly trying to attract the attention of the media. What brings the media to a company’s door? That’s what every public relations man or woman would love to know. For this is what PR people get ...
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• Astronauts repair ammonia leak on emergency spacewalk

  
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  But the following weeks will be the test. Authorities have said the International Space Station’s six-member crew was not in danger from the leak. Here is the original post: Astronauts repair ammonia leak on emergency spacewalk
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• VIDEO: INAS 303 Black Panthers MiG-29K Squadron Commissioning

  
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