Nina Kouprianova

Nina Kouprianova

Nina grew up a subway ride away from the Kremlin. She admits to nothing.

Death (Metal) of the West

Alright, you win. Reading all these blogs, I can"€™t avoid the subject of fist-pumping Heavy Metal any longer. A metaller since the tender age of 13 (coincidence?), I"€™ve been worshipping the gods of rock"€™n"€™roll even longer. But, don"€™t worry, that doesn"€™t stop me from being a ...

Motherland

Apart from "€œrogue"€ politicians like Geert Wilders, Europeans leaders seem only willing to speak of the problem of dismal birth rates in the Old World by resorting to euphemism and wishful thinking. Faced with its disastrous postcolonial migration policies, the guilt-ridden establishment is ...

Georgia Peach

Fidel Castro received a warm welcome in Moscow, and finally left alone with Nikita Khrushchev, ripped off his wig, detached his beard, and collapsed, “I can’t do this anymore…” “You must, Fedya, you must!” Jokes like this circulated in abundance in the USSR. ...

Obamania in Canuckistan

Despite sharing much in the way of popular culture and language, Canadians like to establish their identity as explicitly distinct from their powerful neighbor to the south. And they often do so according to a collection of "€œUs > Them"€ stereotypes, all which contain small kernels of truth: ...


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