Russia Archive

  • frog

    The Georgia-Brazil power axis



    An angry Russian beach volleyball player has refused to acknowledge losing to Georgia, claiming her rivals were really Brazilians in disguise. (How do you disguise a Brazilian volleyball player as a Georgian volleyball player?) Maybe Georgia should have spent more time recruiting Brazilian soldiers rather than volleyball players? Or better still spent more time playing volleyball and [...] read more
    August 14, 2008 11:43 am - 5 Comments
  • frog

    95km



    I obviously haven’t been paying close enough attention.  I just found out the distance from Ergneti in South Ossetia to the Georgian capital Tbilisi is about 95 kms.  That’s like a war between Hamilton and Auckland with Pukekohe trying to breakaway from the northern Bombayians to join the Waikato. (South Ossetia has a slightly smaller [...] read more
    August 12, 2008 4:55 pm - 17 Comments
  • frog

    South Ossetia



    You have to wonder who Georgia’s Mikheil Saakashvili had in his ear to think that attacking the separatists in South Ossetia was going to work.  Maybe he mistakenly thought the support he got from the US in recent years was cavalry rather than show ponies?  Maybe he though that nearly belonging to NATO was close [...] read more
    August 11, 2008 8:48 am - 4 Comments
  • frog

    Russian milk, Kiwi cows



    Yesterday New Zealand First’s Doug Woolerton took an opportunity to ask the Minister of Finance about Russian company Nutritek being allowed to create New Zealand’s first totally foreign-owned dairy producer and whether the Overseas Investment Act should have stepped in to do something about this takeover.  Foreign investment generally and the Overseas Investment Act in [...] read more
    May 29, 2008 9:58 am - 11 Comments