The Moscow Times print some critical articles about the Russian government, and apparently Putin doesn’t care. The paper probably has relatively few readers among the Russian people, and stays under the radar of the regime.
Here are some highlights from the last Friday’s issue, the last one I received during my recent trip to Moscow:
'White Steam' Rally Ends in Trickle
The cross-country auto rally leading up to Saturday’s March of Millions arrives in Kaluga as just one car.
One car only; does that make a rally? Maybe it does in Kaluga.
Pilot Error Blamed for Kamshatka Crash
The crash of an An-28 propeller plane in Kamchatka this week was likely caused by a pilot error in difficult weather conditions, a crash investigator said Thursday.
Blame it on the dead. That’s easy, and the dead don’t argue about it. I’ve been flying many times on the An-24. No crashes yet. Good pilots, I guess. No vodka before take off.
Gessen Rebuffs Putin at a Kremlin Meeting
President Vladimir Putin invited Masha Gessen, fired as editor of the Vokrug Sveta magazine for refusing to cover his hang-gliding stunt with crane, to the Kremlin and tried to help her get her job back, but she refused.
Putin’s macho-man show goes on. Obviously, it doesn’t impress everybody.
Investigator Killed in Likely Contract Hit
Alexander Leonov, 38, had just arrived at his house on Ulitsa Krylatskiye Kholmy about 11 pm Wednesday with his common-law wife when an unindentified assailant shot him in the head and chest, killing him.
Don't mess with the big guys. They might send a contract killer.
(Picture of the front page of The Moscow Times, taken by me. By the way, the paper can be read online as well; www.themoscowtimes.com/)
I bet it would be pretty eye-opening if the Russian people *did* read this paper! And Putin, I suppose, would feel differently then. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, maybe. At present, I think, The Moscow Times is mostly read by foreign visitors. Interesting paper, indeed >:)
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