Archive for 'News'
Real Russia: «Курение и курево» [Smoking and ‘something to smoke’] Posted by josefina on Jun 8, 2010
«Россия, у нас проблема» [Russia, we have a problem]. Last week I read some «пугающая статистика» [frightening statistics] about Russia in an online edition of a Swedish newspaper: every day in Russia «860 (восемьсот шестьдесят) миллионов сигарет» [860 million cigarettes] are sold. That’s 6,5 cigarettes per «гражданин Российской федерации» [citizen of the Russian Federation] «ежедневно»…
Billion-Strong Russia Posted by yelena on May 19, 2010
The kind of stuff one can find on Internet without even trying never ceases to amaze me. For example, today I started off at Lenta.ru and drifted over to the brand-new «президент.рф» site, located on one of the first «нелатинский домен» [domain that does not use Roman alphabet]. While at президент.рф, I discovered that…
Russian News – It’s All in the Comments Posted by yelena on Apr 30, 2010
When planning what to write about in April, I decided to write one news-related post. With so much going on in the world and in Russia, the task didn’t seem too difficult. Except, of course, that April turned out to be one heck of a month with catastrophes and tragedies piling up on top of…
«Христос воскресе!» [Christ is Risen!] Posted by josefina on Apr 4, 2010
Outside of the church closest to where I live in Yekaterinburg they put up the following poster a few days ago: «4 (четвёртого) апреля – светлое Христово Воскресение» [The 4th of April – the Bright Resurrection of Christ]. «Христос воскресе!» [Christ is risen!]. The following quote turned out too small for you to read on…
Russian Numbers – Now With Cases! Posted by josefina on Apr 1, 2010
Not too long ago we had a post here on the blog called “Russian Numbers 0 – 100”. No matter how useful this post might have been (and still is as you’ll see if you go back and read it again), I think I’m speaking for all of us when I say that it didn’t…
How much do YOU know about Russia? Posted by josefina on Mar 22, 2010
Сколько ты знаешь о России? Take the quiz to find out and post your result as a comment after the post! Share and compare your score with other russophiles!
Russian Word of the Week: Клонирование (Cloning) Posted by yelena on Mar 22, 2010
Take equal parts of science, fiction and the Theatre of the Absurd. Result – a shot of politics Russian-style.