In Moscow, a Financial District in Name Only - New York Times

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/26/realestate/commercial/in-moscow-a-financial-district-that-is-anything-but.html?referrer=

Russian Travel - The Golden Ring of Russia

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g294459-c4386/Russia:Golden.Ring.html

Interesting Point by Putin

http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/750120
“The sanctions imposed on Russia are nothing but a departure from the basic WTO principles by some of our partners,” Putin said at a meeting of the State Council on Thursday. “They violate the principle of all countries’ equal access to the markets of goods and services. They ignore the most favored nation status in trade and the principle of fair and free competition.”

The Trans-Siberian Railway of Russia

The Trans-Siberian Railway Web Encyclopedia
http://www.transsib.ru/Eng/
ТРАССИБИРСКАЯ МАГИСТРАЛЬ (Railway Road)

Russian bank offers ‘free cat with every mortgage’

http://kotoservice.ru/

Russia - Moscow Advances on McDonalds

Russia closing McDonalds stores in Moscow in retaliation to Western sanctions?

Ukraine - Separatists

Russia - The 'How Are You?' Culture Clash

The 'How Are You?' Culture Clash
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/20/opinion/the-how-are-you-culture-clash.html?_r=1

Russian Policewomen banned from wearing Short Skirts - The Moscow Times

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-policewomen-to-be-disciplined-for-wearing-short-skirts/502379.html

Ukraine 2012

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