Russian soldiers 'used for sex': The Russian military is reported to be investigating claims that army conscripts were forced to work as male prostitutes in St Petersburg

Feb. 13 Transcript, Human Rights Campaign's "Equally Speaking":
"Finally in Russia, gay issues have been a lightning rod of controversy ever since advocates tried to organize a ( Read more... )

Alexander Litvinenko
Now Russia opens spy poison probe
Who's who in the spy poisoning mystery

James Kim (1971-2006)
Authorities found the body of missing father and tech journalist James Kim.
Father's effort to save his family called 'superhuman'

Maybe I should change my beat from Arts to Obituaries.

Ex-KGB colonel Alexander Litvinenko died yesterday after being poisoned three weeks ago.

"You may succeed in silencing one man but the howl of protest from around the world will reverberate, Mr. Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life. May God forgive you for what you have done, not only to me but to beloved Russia and its people." - ( Read more... )

Red Scare
Cold War
History of Soviet Espionage in the U.S.
List of political epithets
Pinko

PS,
When I was in 2nd or 3rd grade, I discovered a "Kid's History" book about a city that was then still called Stalingrad. I wondered if I was related to Josef Stalin because of the similarities between his last name and mine (Stallings).

That is all.

1.) Esoteric Russian Sects

Khlysty (of which Rasputin was supposedly a member)
The Historiography of the Khlyst Movement in Russia in the Second Half of the 19th and the 20th Centuries (PDF)
Skoptzy
Catholic Answers Forums: The Khlysts and the Skoptzy

2.) and the "...and MORE!"

Intellipedia (the intelligence community's Wikipedia; not open to ( Read more... )

National Anthem of Russia
Hymn of the Soviet Union
The Patriotic Song

endotoxin told me about this a few days ago: Stalin's Half-Man, Half-Ape Super-Warriors

( 1. Winter Solstice )

Bush Declares,'We Do Not Torture'

French rioting spreads to 300 towns, 1,400 vehicles torched; 1st death reported

AND

( It was on this day in 1917 that the Russian Revolution took place, )

Icepick Used to Kill Trotsky Resurfaces