Category Archives: Russia

Easily Confused # 18 – Easter edition

Posted on 21 March 2013 by

Easter bunny: Eastern bunny: (Thanks to Stefan Baur for the idea and the magazine cover.)

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Plastic Surgery Statistics

Posted on 8 February 2013 by

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 →

Posted in Feminism, Greece, Health, Italy, Russia, Statistics | Tagged , , , , , | 10 Comments

Easily Confused, # 8

Posted on 10 October 2012 by

Show trial in Ukraine: Show trial in Russia: Show trial in the Vatican: Feel free to add more examples.

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Easily confused, # 5

Posted on 7 September 2012 by

The original: The copycat:

Posted in James Bond, Russia | Tagged | 3 Comments

Pussy Riot: Berlusconi comes to the rescue

Posted on 21 August 2012 by
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Russian TV explains Geography

Posted on 6 August 2012 by

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.

Posted in Maps, Russia | 5 Comments

No wonder I am afraid of going to the dentist

Posted on 21 July 2012 by

For more photos of Vladimir Putin in action, click here.

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Why Putin really cried

Posted on 5 March 2012 by

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 →

Posted in Elections, Politics, Russia | Tagged | 10 Comments

Lazy Lawyer from Russia

Posted on 2 September 2011 by

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 →

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Democracy, transparency, human rights? – No thanks, we are FIFA.

Posted on 3 December 2010 by

Although I live in England, I am actually not sad about this country missing out on the opportunity to host another Football World Cup. Living in London, I am already annoyed with the daily dose of tourists, and I am … Continue reading →

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