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Navalny's election campaign
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is one of the candidates of the upcoming mayor elections in Moscow. He doesn't have any access to the federal media channels. What makes remarkable of his campaign is how he managed to mobilize a big group of volunteers to support him and to break the communication barriers in Moscow. After being able to ( Read more... ) -
Elections of the Moscow Mayor
A good overview in English about the battle between Navalny and the regime in the Wall Street Journal -
Istanbul - first impressions
Arrived to Istanbul today, first time in Turkey ( Read more... ) -
Yekaterinburg - interesting facts
Today in the evening I'm going to Yekaterinburg. I've been there two times three years ago, and looking forward to visiting this city again. Actually, it's very convenient - direct Finnair flight from Helsinki,only three hours.
So, why it's a good city to visit?
1 - according to the Guiness World Records, it has the biggest mayonnaise consumption ( Read more... ) -
Allegro
On another business trip by Allegro train to St Petersburg. This time going for less than 24h.
3,5 hours in train, and i'm there.
Actually by advanced planning of these 3,5hours the trip becomes really efficient. The lack of external disturbing factors allows to have own individual time. And - since you have to spend three hours (on actually pretty ( Read more... ) -
Perugia
Perugia is the least touristic city that I have visited in Italy. It's just 2h bus ride from Rome, but still really cool and nice place to spend few days there!
These are the photos from my trip last April
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Khor Virap - Armenia
About one year ago I visited Armenia. We took one day excursion to Khor Virap, which is a very intereting and beatiful place, basically in the middle of nowhere. It's famous for it's dungeon, where Grigor Louisavoritch (St. Gregory the Illuminator) was imprisoned for 13 years. He was released, when he cured King Trdat III from a serious decious, ( Read more... ) -
Platon ja sanojen alkuperä
Kratylos-dialogi kielitieteen ensimmäisenä tutkimusteoksena
Kielentutkimus ja grammatiikka kehittyi omaksi alaksi antiikin Kreikan ja Rooman filosofien pohdintojen kautta. Sofistit (5.-4. vuosisata eaa.) tarkastelivat kieltä retoriikan näkökulmasta sekä kielellisen vaikuttamisen keinoja. Hieman myöhemmin kiinnostus kieleen tuli logiikan ja sen ( Read more... ) -
Факторы, влияющие на употребление русского языка в иноязычном окружении
Моя статья для Хельсинского университета (орфография ещё не исправлена :) )
Факторы, влияющие на употребление русского языка в иноязычном окружении
Изменение и развитие русского языка в иноязычном окружении
Русский язык - один из наиболее важных языков в мире. По степени распространённости, русский язык занимает четвёртое-пятое место в мире, в ( Read more... ) -
2 examples of Russian social advertising
Two examples of social advertising in russia:
1. against racism in football. shows foreign football players, playing for russian team, with texts such as "I hear every word that you shout from the stadium", "while you are throwing bananas, I fight with hunger in brazil", "my mother's name is Raisa"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkeN6Uul14o
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