Yes, I appreciate that “Sports Lada” is perhaps an oxymoron, but apparently the canary coloured Kalina driven by the Russian prime minister as he broke in the latest addition to the country’s highway infrastructure is indeed sold as a sporty model. Started nearly fifty years ago, the stretch of road that now links the far [...]
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FSO Website Hacked
Posted in Back In The USSR, tagged Federal Protective Service, FSO, Hacking, Russia, SORM on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
That’s FSO as in Russia’s Federal Guard Service and not the Polish car manufacturer of the same initialism. Unidentified hackers broke into the email servers of the agency responsible, amongst other things, for Cheget, the country’s nuclear briefcase, and unofficially for the protection of top officials including the prime minister and president – the former, [...]
“Forbidden Art” Indeed
Posted in Back In The USSR, tagged Andrei Yerofeyev, Art, Censorship, Jesus Christ, Narodny Sobor, Religion, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Yury Samodurov on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Russian court today put an end to a 14 month political show trial by passing a guilty verdict on two art curators, each accused of inciting religious and ethnic hatred, insulting human dignity, and causing offence to (and damaging the world outlook of) believers. I know, I know. Yury Samodurov, who’d previously been fined [...]
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