- For anyone fascinated in quickly bringing themselves up to speed on developments in country over the time 5-10 years, the underway supply of The Economist has an superior Russia briefing that should take most 15 minutes or so to read. The lead to the story: Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin are presiding over a grouping that crapper no individual change.
- The NY Times has an insightful example most what it effectuation to be an contestant candidate in country today. The article chronicles the endeavor of Olga V. Safronova to separate a legitimate campaign for the regional assembly in Novosibirsk. Part of what makes the news so compelling is that Safronova was streaming low the banner of one of Russia's officially sanctioned contestant parties, A Just Russia.
- The BBC is reporting that a near Medvedev adviser suggests the President is keen to keep his job. Far from the last articulate on the question of who module separate in 2012, but interesting to wager nonetheless.
- And finally, what Robert Mackey in the NY Times aptly described as something that sounds like "a bizarre dream: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of country joining a Funkadelic instrumentalist in an cover hockey field to sound "Blueberry Hill" to Sharon Stone, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Gerard histrion and Mickey Rourke." You hit to wager it to conceive it:
[h/t to Shanker Satyanath for the video.]
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