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8 February 2012 at 09 : 10 AM

New Hit Song About How Putin Saved Russia!

Posted by speakrussiannow in Culture , Politics 0

Russia follows Belarusian steps! Right before Belarusian presidential elections in 2010, a song titled "Саня останется с нами" ("Sanya will remain with us") became an overnight hit. While there wasn't a direct reference to Alexander Lukashenko in the song, everyone understood that the song's protagonist named Sanya was none other than the ...
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13 December 2011 at 12 : 23 PM

Protests in Russia – Will The People’s Voices Be Heard?

Posted by speakrussiannow in Culture , Politics 0

All past week, Western media has been buzzing with the news: massive protests in Russia! After reading articles in The New York Times, The Washington Posts, and other reputable newspapers, one may think that revolution is about to take place in Russia. Now, how massive were these protests really? The number of people participating in Moscow rally last ...
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11 December 2011 at 07 : 35 AM

Russian Protests Mocked and Silenced on the First Channel

Posted by speakrussiannow in Entertainment , Politics 0

Last night I watched 8 o'clock (8 PM CT) news on Russian First channel for one reason only, to see if the channel would report about the protests. And they did. According to the First channel news program, there were, indeed, protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg on December 10, 2011. They even interviewed several protesters, one of whom mentioned that he ...
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