https://tomhickerson.com/en/tags/russia/Recent content in russia on Tom Hickerson's SiteHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usCopyright 2023-2026Mon, 26 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2015/2015-10-26-how-to-become-nearly-fluent-in-russian/Mon, 26 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2015/2015-10-26-how-to-become-nearly-fluent-in-russian/This post was originally inspired by the blog post How to become (nearly) fluent in German, care of Cultural Vistas. I get compliments on my Russian all the time. Wait, that’s not true. I get compliments on my spoken Russian all the time, by other students of Russian. But that counts for something, right? Seriously, though, I tend to clam up about my own Russian skill, even though it’s something I’ve been doing for about the last twenty years or so.https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2015/2015-03-18-russia-in-decline-joseph-nye/Wed, 18 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2015/2015-03-18-russia-in-decline-joseph-nye/“I see Russia as a country in decline. It’s a one-crop economy; two-thirds of its exports are energy. It has a terrible demographic problem; the number of Russians is shrinking. It has a huge health problem; the average Russian male dies at about age 61. And it’s got such enormous corruption that it can’t reform itself. So I think it’s a country that’s seriously in decline. Putin’s adventurism, such as we’ve seen in Ukraine, which has led to Western sanctions, cuts him off from the sources of Western technology that they really need for modernisation and he’s turning Russia into China’s gas station.https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2015/2015-03-10-no-russian-the-vault-of-the-future/Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2015/2015-03-10-no-russian-the-vault-of-the-future/“Help Ukraine. They have terrific outsourcing shops and consulting firms. Send them business if you can. Recent revolution would unlock even more creative force in this economically modest, yet energetic country.” tags: russia No Russian - The Vault of the Futurehttps://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2015/2015-02-14-a-russian-tv-insider-describes-a-modern-propaganda-machine/Sat, 14 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2015/2015-02-14-a-russian-tv-insider-describes-a-modern-propaganda-machine/He believes that the priority of the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, is to “keep Ukraine bubbling,” no matter the financial costs. Mr. Pomerantsev fears that the financial pressures and Western sanctions, instead of compelling Mr. Putin to change course, are likely to make Russia more closed and dictatorial. tags: russia A Russian TV Insider Describes a Modern Propaganda Machinehttps://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2011/2011-03-25-the-aurora-beautiful-shots-near-russia/Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2011/2011-03-25-the-aurora-beautiful-shots-near-russia/via vimeo.com Fascinating vid, found through Boing Boing.https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2009/2009-09-17-anatomy-of-injustice-the-unsolved-killings-of-journalists-in-russia/Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2009/2009-09-17-anatomy-of-injustice-the-unsolved-killings-of-journalists-in-russia/Secrecy, indifference, and conflicts mar investigations into journalist deaths. Moscow has a responsibility to uphold the rule of law. Its international partners have an obligation, too. via cpj.org from the Committee to Protect Journalists.https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2009/2009-05-16-expat-thug-life-were-all-leaving-moscow/Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2009/2009-05-16-expat-thug-life-were-all-leaving-moscow/I had lunch today with Mr. X, a fellow expat who lived in Moscow for the last four years. He had taken a temporary assignment in the US with the company he worked for in Moscow - an international, well-respected company - with the intention to return back to Moscow with his wife and child in August. This month he came back to Russia to resign his position, and ship all of his things back home.