Thursday, 31 July 2008

Kuvshinovo estate, Tver region

I went on business to Tver region, which is around 6 hrs drive from Moscow. The place is famous for its deserted villages - indeed, in some places, just 2 or 3 families appear to survive out of a few dozen. We had to find a hotel somewhere and stopped in Kuvshinovo, because there was a "Hotel" sign on the road. I'll get back to the hotel in a while - but what a strange building was NEXT to it:

Friday, 11 July 2008

No bad news, please

Putin meeting Russia's  leading editors-in-chief

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8i7dBj1Zjs