Kleptocracy Uber Alles

Is this OUR future? Sure looks like we're heading that way.....

(yes, it's German, not Russian... but I don't know a) the equivalent Russian translation and b) a Russian phrase with the same 'impact' )

Life in a kleptocracy: How Mikhail Khodorkovsky came to own the giant oil company Yukos

Suspected suicide bomber kills dozens at Moscow's busiest airport

Saw some of the video.... this is a horrible mess. I wouldnt want to be Chechen for the next week or so.....

Assange in FSB's Crosshairs?

Well, if this is true, we probably won't have to 'worry' about Julian much longer..... the FSB (nee KGB) don't fool around.

What Is Wrong With These People?!?!!?

Is this pathetic or pathological?