Today I had a walk 'round the Red Square. I passed across the square and straight up ahead was the Moskvoretsky Bridge- that one, where our opposition political leader, Boris Nemtsov, was killed on Friday, 28 February.


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This song's just like it is about the political and social situations in Russia. You only need to replace "Equestria" with "Russia" and "Discord" with "Putin."

Somehow I have to escape from
This nightmare of a world ours has become
What happened to the nation we all knew
We're crushed under Discord's Putin's rule

And of course:

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I just can’t overpass this song. I reckon it describes Russian politics pretty right. Please, keep in mind this one contains some strong words.

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“...But before we start what you need to understand is that you can not use your brain in order to understand Russia. Logic’s gotta go out the door immidiately when you talk about it. This might sound ( Read more... )

A Russian Linux developer, Dmitry Monakhov has been arrested in the middle of Moscow for protesting against the war in Ukraine, even though the single pickets ain’t prohibit by Russian laws and don’t require any permission. When he was being arrested, some people screamed out insults and abuses.

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As y’all know, the March for Peace took place in Moscow on Pushkinskaya Square on 21/9/2014. I should have wrote ’bout it early, but I was too busy to write anythin’. And as the one, who have his conscience, and sorta political horse animal, I just couldn’t overpass this event. By different estimations, from 10k to 100k demonstrants gathered there ( Read more... )

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London Times editorial cartoon on Putin and #MH17 pic.twitter.com/6PnVfgoEwg
- Tom Wright (@thomaswright08) July 19, 2014

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Originally posted by 404 at DAMN YOU PUTIIINNNNNNNN

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Originally posted by merig00 at Moscow banned nine American officials
In a tit-for-tat response, Moscow banned nine American officials from entering Russia, including Speaker John A. Boehner, the Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, Senator John McCain of Arizona, as well as three senior White House officials.


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