Tag Archives: crime

Rot

Posted on December 19, 2019 by WorldWideWeber

Donald John Trump was impeached yesterday. Finally. He got off with a mere two counts, but that is enough to tag him forever as a derelict thug. More importantly, perhaps, the impeachment process made glaringly obvious the thorough decrepitude of … Continue reading →

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Litvinenko

Posted on July 18, 2008 by WorldWideWeber

I’ve been a little slow in posting this update to l’affaire Litvinenko. Back in May the Independent ran a follow-up, tallying up 18 months later what we know and still don’t know about how Alexander Litvinenko died. That article pointed … Continue reading →

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Newsbits

Posted on February 6, 2008 by WorldWideWeber

A day in the life … Today it was announced that the legendary British band Deep Purple will perform in the Kremlin this month as part of the 25th anniversary celebration for Gazprom, the biggest extractor of natural gas in … Continue reading →

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Август

Posted on September 1, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

Well, we made it through the doldrums of August. In an apparent attempt to inject some drama into this perennially languid month, a Russian journalist, Roman Trunov, tried to paint August in Russia as fraught with history-altering events. Four of … Continue reading →

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Silencer

Posted on October 10, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

It’s hard to imagine a more cowardly act than the cold-blooded murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. “The pen is mightier than the sword”—and, presumably, mightier than the bullet. Whistling in the dark. Bullets and bombs continue to make the … Continue reading →

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