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Here in Moscow fireworks, and car alarms, have already been going off all over town. Kids shoot off rockets from streetcorners, they explode...

Russian television news has broadcast extensive coverage of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean that has killed thousands of people so far, lea...

Last night, saw a theatrical adaptation of Anton Chekhov's short story, Rothschild's Fiddle , at the Moscow Theatre of Young Viewers...

Last night the Russia TV channel broadcast IRONY OF FATE, OR ENJOY YOUR BATH! a 1975 romantic comedy directed by Eldar Ryazanov. This film...

Roger L. Simon: Mystery Novelist and Screenwriter ran a nice plug for us on his blog, which has shaken some writer's block--no doubt ca...

The Diplomad reflects on the meaning of Christmas in an American Embassy: "As an American Jewish kid I just assumed I was destined...

In Moscow, it would seem that many here agree with what Leon Aron writes about tomorrow's election in the Ukraine. The country is divid...

Moscow is ablaze with decorations--Grandpa Frost and Snow Princess riding in troikas, giant evergreen trees sparkle with blue lights at majo...

I'm blogging from the Amerikanski Bar and Grill near Mayakovsky Metro station, a five-minute walk from our house. Moscow is really a stu...

Am in Moscow, teaching American Studies at Russian State Humanitarian University until March, have to use an internet cafe, since the free i...

Team America World Police ! Saw it last night, and all we can say is that it is the best comedy Hollywood has ever made about terrorism i...

From The Washington Times : "Some will claim that Mr. Bush won on Tuesday because he waged a campaign of fear. The exact opposite w...

From an interview with Professor Hans Jansen on Radio Netherlands : "... I think they should look for the accomplices much closer to...

From The Diplomad : "One of our Diplomads has burrowed deep within the bureaucracy at HQS back in Washington and sends us the follo...

Interesting news roundup at Zacht Ei - Doorbakken kan altijd nog : Suicide squads? The same article from De Telegraaf that mentions the...

From Guardian : "Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner said Thursday the note, stuck to the body with a knife, contained a ``direct war...

From AnnCoulter.com : "Bush won the largest popular vote in history with a 3.5 million margin. Indeed, simply by getting a majority ...

From The Australian : "Bush hatred flopped big on Tuesday. That's not a problem for The Guardian's editors, who have to sel...

Michael Barone thinks it was the Democratic Party...

From today's White House Press Conference : Q Thank you, Mr. President. I know you haven't had a chance to learn this, but it ap...