Aeroflot floats an advertisement

Aeroflot floating a TV advertisement to capture international business travellers? How amusing, if not ironic. I observed on television last night in Gstaad, Switzerland, a television ad by Aeroflot, promising “world class” service. Aside from a very...

Putin wants to be PM: Permanent Monarch

President to Puppet President Yet another surprise announcement from Vladimir Putin. He plans to run for parliament and is evidently looking to establish himself as the next Prime Minister to some puppet President. Sounds fairly macabre and sets the stage for another...

Putin on the Fritz

The Russian political scene — forever shrouded in privacy, if not contoversy — is on the fritz again. Putin took another mysterious decision, dissolving the Duma and naming a completely unknown element, Viktor Zubkov, 66, as his new Prime Minister. If one...

Thinking Blogger Awards Meets Blog Day 2007

It’s August 31st, BLOGDAY. Time to discover some new blogs. First, I would be remiss not to recognize Sarah at St Bloggie de Riviere for putting me up for a Thinking Blogger Award (see rules below)* and whose blog is a regular favorite of mine. Having been...

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