Sorry, a brainstorm, quite right. (View Post)

Last night I walked past the Russian Embassy, a few doors down from where I live in Tallinn. A silent crowd had gathered, holding candles. The mourning of Andrei Navalny was profoundly sad and moving… (View Post)

Navalny has died. A bitter day for anyone who hopes that Russia will emerge from the Putin death spiral. (View Post)

Sorry to hear it Mike, and as someone with a terminally ill parent, I can only echo your sage advice: make the best of whatever time we have left. I always ends soon than you think. (View Post)

All the slavic languages have a rich vocabulary of filth, and the structure of the verbs allows the expression of concepts which are not only physically challenging, but baroque in their intensity. I… (View Post)