Reindeer Blog

While much has been made of Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s lack of international experience (especially after a poor performance in an interview with CBS’s Katie Couric), it should be noted that what experience she does have, has a reindeer herding connection… One of the few politicians she actually has met from Russia (Putin’s [...]

(Pic – Moscow Times, Kopin sworn in, as Abramovich watches) Yesterday, the new Governor of Chukotka (Roman Kopin) was sworn in and not long afterwards, the former Governor Roman Abramovich – whose personal riches completely transformed the province’s fortunes – announced that he would be running for the post of speaker in the Chukotka Duma. [...]