The Worlds - lite

Vladimir Putin is a monster. He has radically altered the calculus on Russia's interactions with the world. Let us recall that right a...

I was going to rip Russia from stem to stern this morning, but John Aravosis at AmericaBlog beat me to it. Just go read this . Take that,...

This fellow, Johnny Weir, is a real piece of work. Rather than rehash the story, I'll cede the floor to John Aravosis . G'wan over...

A Russian rocket soared into the cosmos Thursday carrying the Sochi Olympic torch and three astronauts to the International Space Statio...

There is an interesting AP article this morning about the gay scene in Sochi. I kid you not. Russia is an odd country.

Sleazy is the perfect word for an op-ed in the NYT today, allegedly written by Vlad Putin hisself. I won't run it down here. Russia ...

Check out John Aravosis' post about the state of the Sochi Olympics. Seems the evil slobs in the IOC and Russia are finally getting ...

Let's see. First Obama refuses to meet with Putin because Russia is harboring Edward Snowden. And now this : MOSCOW — Lesbian, gay,...

Russia is "becoming a 'bona fide' dictatorship". That's the headline at Der Spiegel. I'd argue with their use of...

Ed's got it covered .

Thanks to the prevalence of forward-facing dash cams in the cars of ordinary Russians, the world was able to see video of Friday's me...

So there wasn't one meteor/asteroid event yesterday, there were two. You already know that. But you're wrong, Blanche, you're ...

An foolish Russian priest is all over the meteorite story. It took him only minutes to realize this was a sign from jeebus. YEKATERINBURG...

So on a day when an asteroid will come very close to Earth in the afternoon, meteorite fragments harm people in Russia in the morning. Ver...

There's a sad article in the New York Times about Russia's return to its authoritarian past. Putin is back in power, which means...

I love th is : MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Thursday ruled that the video of punk band Pussy Riot's performance in Russia's...

Pretty good article at Yahoo about the insane rush to assert control over the internet. The usual suspects -- Russia, China, Iran, UAE, et...

Chills went up my spine as I read this NYT article about the collapsing line between church and state in Russia. That something like thi...

Via Ed Brayton : A group of Christians in Russia says the ubiquitous bitten apple is too symbolic of the idea of original sin and should...

No civilized society can have anti-blasphemy laws. The two cannot coexist. It's literally impossible. Russia doesn't seem to know ...