Obama Dismisses Russia: It 'Doesn't Make Anything' Huffington Post WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama dismissed Russia as a nation that "doesn't make anything" and said in an interview with the Economist magazine that the West needs to be "pretty firm" with China as Beijing pushes to expand its role ...
Young SERGEI LEMESHEV sings Lensky Aria 1937 - YouTube Monday August 4 th , 2014 at 10:51 AM 1 Share Uploaded on Mar 27, 2008 The great Russian tenor Sergei Lemeshev (1902-1977) sings Lensky aria. 35-year-old Lemeshev is on top form here (in 1942 he contracted tuberculosis) Moscow Blocks Siberian Message on One Site Only to Have It Appear on Another by Paul Goble Monday August 4 th , 2014 at 10:12 AM The InterpreterThe Interpreter 1 Share Staunton, August 2 – On August 1, the Russian government forced Slon.ru to remove an interview with a leader of the Siberian regionalist movement only to have it appear on other sites almost instantly. On the one hand, the ban reflects Moscow’s nervousness about the announcement of plans by Siberian regionalists to hold “a march for the federalization of Siberia” in Novosibirsk on August 17th, a demonstration that organizers say will take place under