FRIDAY APRIL 24 CONTENTS
(1) EDITORIAL: Mountains of Bad Economic News for Putin’s Russia
(2) Russia’s Rulers are Tripping
(3) George Will on Potemkin Russia
(5) Putin’s Economy, by the Numbers
NOTE: Kim Zigfeld’s latest installment of her American Thinker column takes a look at recent evidence indicating that Russia is looking to provoke Georgia and justify a second military assault on the tiny neighbor. Scary stuff, with Nashi playing a leading role. Commenter “Robert” offers a link showing that the news grows more ominous by the hour. For a hearty belly laugh, click the jump to read one of the many pieces of hatemail we’ve received from the rabid Russophile set on Kim’s behalf in response to the AT piece.
NOTE: Dima Medvedev is now blogging on LiveJournal. If you read Russian, sign up for a free account on ZheZhe and you can give him a piece of your mind in the comments sections of his posts. Or try to slip past his censors, anyway; the Kremlin openly admits it will strictly control access to comments.