Category Archives: Russia
Easily Confused (29) Spies, cold and warm
The spy who came in from the cold: The spy who wants to go to a warm country:
Easily Confused (18) Easter edition
Easter bunny: Eastern bunny: (Thanks to Stefan Baur for the idea and the magazine cover.)
Plastic Surgery Statistics
While browsing charts and graphs about property bubbles and purchasing power parity, I came across this chart in The Economist which shows how much plastic surgery is performed in the following countries. There is a lot to be said about … Continue reading
Easily Confused, # 8
Show trial in Ukraine: Show trial in Russia: Show trial in the Vatican: Feel free to add more examples.
Easily confused (5) Little Nellie
The original: The copycat:
Russian TV explains Geography
Living in Lithuania, I also receive some Russian TV channels. On one of them, I spotted this show in which the size of Russia is compared to the size of other countries.
No wonder I am afraid of going to the dentist
For more photos of Vladimir Putin in action, click here.
Why Putin really cried
When Vladimir Putin was appointed dictator for life re-elected as President on 4 March 2012, he had tears in his eyes when he appeared in front of government employees who had been ordered to attend jubilant voters. But what did Russia’s strong … Continue reading
Lazy Lawyer from Russia
Some lawyers have an odd concept of legal research. As a lawyer from a civil law jurisdiction (Germany), I generally start with a look into the codes and statutes. If you are from a common law jurisdiction and nobody in … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 