laureola:Sadimir Poutin’(via definatalie, pressdarling)
The only beef I have with this article is that it’s not called THE Ukraine, it’s just Ukraine. Let’s get with the [politically correct] program, it’s 2010.
But really - I agree with everything the author discusses. Considering I just finished my honors thesis on Russo-Ukrainian geopolitical relations, I’d say Mark Adomanis is pretty spot on in terms of analysis.
![[W]omen still hold less than a quarter of senior management positions in privately held businesses globally. Here, we give a rundown of the top 22 countries (plus the UK and US which, surprisingly [Note: “Surprisingly?” I don’t know if I’d go that far.], don’t make the first 22) with women in senior management positions. The Philippines comes out on top with an impressive 47%. (Source: Grant Thornton International Business Report 2009)
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[W]omen still hold less than a quarter of senior management positions in privately held businesses globally. Here, we give a rundown of the top 22 countries (plus the UK and US which, surprisingly [Note: “Surprisingly?” I don’t know if I’d go that far.], don’t make the first 22) with women in senior management positions. The Philippines comes out on top with an impressive 47%.
(Source: Grant Thornton International Business Report 2009)
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Returning honors thesis books to the library: a surprisingly liberating experience
Two explosions have rocked the Moscow Metro this morning, claiming dozens of dead and injured.
The first explosion happened in a carriage at the central Lubyanka underground station and has claimed the lives of 26 people, with more injured, informs RIA Novosti news agency.
The second blast happened at the Park Kultury Metro station in the third carriage of a train. 15 or more people are reported to be dead, the quantity of injured is unknown.
According to Russia’s Emergency Ministry, the first explosion presumably happened in the second carriage of a Metro train stopped at the Lubyanka station in the very center of Moscow, only several hundred meters from the Kremlin. At 9:30am Moscow Time, the Emergencies Ministry gave the number of casualties as 20 killed and 11 wounded on Lubyanka station and 12 killed and 7 wounded at Park Kultury station.
Welcome to Russian Winnie the Pooh or Vinni Puh.
This is a full episode.
Tell me you’re not hooked. Just tell me…
"President Dmitry Medvedev is trying to change things with a proposal to ban outdoor beer sales in his country, a first step in getting Muscovites to lay off alcohol. He also wants to limit the hours of the day alcohol can be sold. This week, a bill was submitted to lawmakers that would triple the tax on beer from 3 rubles per liter to 10 rubles per liter by 2012. Wine and spirits would also see a sharp increase. State prosecutors are also moving to ban liquor sales in airports. Under Russian law, no beverage with alcohol content above 15 percent can be sold in crowded or dangerous places, and prosecutors say this means airports. Russians drink five gallons of pure ethanol a year, double what is considered dangerous by the WHO. And on average, 30,000 people a year die from alcohol poisoning in the country. Over half of the deaths of the 15 to 54-year-old demographic between 1990 and 2001 are attributed to alcohol."
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Russia revisits a long battle with alcohol | FP Passport
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I’m gonna throw out my personal opinion, which is that this will fail….
As a kid in Russia, I used to eat red currants by picking them straight off the bush in our Dacha (summerhome). Imagine my delight when I saw them sold in street markets in Frankfurt! win!
also - only 2 euro for 1/2 a kilo!
Good Magazine | Who Is Coming to America?
.. my people don’t even make up a quarter of a line… this would have been very different circa the early 90’s.
This is my general behavior in meetings at work….
… sure I’m listening to you, I’m also taking notes …
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Putin Lolz!
GPOYW - 6 years old, with a HUGE red bow on my head
Kazan, Russia
yeah, I was pretty darn adorable as a little kid
Woodrow Wilson Center = the shit
and, if you’re anything like me, it makes you want to cry…
