“The right word to call bandits is bandits. There is no religious content.” Medvedev said he agreed with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov that rebels should no longer be called Islamic extremists. (tags: Medvedev Kadyrov Tchetchenie Chechnya Russia russie bandits …)
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty – Free Media in Unfree Societies RFE/RL journalists report the news in 20 countries where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established. We provide what many people cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate. (tags: free news culture russia caucasus language [...]
How to Make Tvorog (Farmer's Cheese) Tvorog, a Russian dairy product, is known as farmer's cheese or curd cheese in the U.S. It's a cross between ricotta and cottage cheese, but doesn't really taste like either. Tvorog is immensely popular in Russia. It's eaten with jam and sour cream for breakfast, as a snack or [...]
What's Between Russia and China? Murderers in Mausoleums, his sixth book, is unmistakably Tayler. He travels from Moscow to Beijing, passing through the Kalashnikov-littered Caucasus Mountains and energy-rich Central Asia. Corrupt cops, insolent officials, pop-crazed kids and populations seething with frustration line the route. It is little wonder that democracy has failed to take hold [...]
Chris' trip to Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria Situated in southern Russia, this City along with its varied countryside is definitely worth discovering. This is my own personal experience of this beautiful area with its rich and varied countryside which I hope you will find interesting and useful. (tags: Нальчик Кабардино-Балкария nalchik caucase KABARD russia caucasus kabarda KABARDIAN [...]
Nalchik official tourism website Official tourism website for the city of Nalchik, capital of the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia (tags: caucase nalchik russia caucasus KABARD kabarda KABARDIAN kabardino-balkaria kabards russie tourisme tourism travel traveling …)
Islam in Russia: History and Facts A panorama of Islam in Russia (tags: islam russia caucasus caucase KABARD kabarda KABARDIAN kabardino-balkaria kabards history facts geography geopolitics …)
Russia: Crisis? What Crisis? BusinessWeek article. "63 percent of the Russian people earning less than 15,000 rubles (430 euros) per month and 30 percent getting just 5,000 to 6,000 rubles per month" (tags: russia russian russie crisis money finances propaganda article toread …)
Kremlin counters fears of domino effect Some experts say the most important lesson learned by the Caucasus peoples from the conflict in Georgia is not universal national self-determination, nor a retreat from Russia’s often promoted agenda of maintaining its territorial integrity, but rather that Russia has the strength and arbitrariness to ensure its will is [...]
Le dessous des cartes Tchtéchénie (part 1) Magazine géopolitique et cartographique de la chaîne de télévision franco-allemande "Arte", sur le conflit en Tchetchenie, Caucase. (tags: KABARD kabarda KABARDIAN kabardino-balkaria kabards caucase ca caucasus tchetchenie geopolitics politics war video Russia …)
Abkhazia – Caught between feuding enemies Georgia, which is vying to be part of NATO, can't risk its reputation by attacking Abkhazia. And Russia doesn't want a bloody legacy marring the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, a resort city less than 25 kilometres from the Abkhazian border. (tags: Abkhazia Russia Sochi caucase caucasus geopolitics georgia [...]
Vodka death ruled industrial accident A French court has ruled that a "workplace accident" claimed the life of an electrician who overdosed on vodka while drinking with colleagues in Russia. (tags: accident alcohol bbc death drink drinking drunk french nalchik news overdose russia vodka …)
The Circassian Cultural Institute The Circassian Cultural Institute is an international center devoted to the research and documentation of contemporary issues related to the history, politics, society, and culture of Circassia and the Circassian Diaspora around the world. (tags: Circassia Circassian KABARD KABARDIAN Russia kabarda kabardino-balkaria kabards russian russie …)
English Russia English Russia just because something cool happens daily on 1/6 of the Earth surface (tags: Photos Russia blog culture funny information interesting international moscow news photo photography pictures politics read reading russian russie travel weird world )
“We live the way we like. We work the way we believe is right. We don’t give a shit for all corporate values combined. All award plaques end up hanging in our lavatory. We abhor the buzzwords ‘creative solution’ and ‘optimization of business processes’. For our clients we rarely write proposals more than one page [...]