Putin

Looking back at the eventful political career of Butka born Boris Yeltsin

Raw Anti-Putin punk, based on ‘Maggie’ by The Exploited

The interview that will go down in history as a history lecture

A war that has been going on for two years, and a pause that ends after three. The state of the world, and of this site.

New Year’s Eve the Russian Way

More history than meaning

Diversity in practice

From earlier (2017) and corona-free, here’s an analysis by Anna Cher (Russian from the Heart) of a short excerpt from a TV interview. Putin talks about social media and the common practice of operating under a pseudonym.

Whatever your opinion may be of Russia’s president, his language is excellent material for learning. He expresses himself clearly, but with sentences that are not simple or impoverished — something not all presidents manage, even in their own language. While the language isn’t always easy and may not be ideal for beginners, there are subtitles and explanations available, and it’s about more than just language alone.

‘Three portraits of Vladimir Putin, with links to more.’