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Today Russian prime minister Medvedev tendered the resignation of the cabinet of ministers to  president Putin. It occured right after the latter proposed a host of amendments to the Russian constitution that would shift balance of power between government branches. … Continue reading →

Get under (one’s) skin – задеть кого-то за живое.

Те, кому пришлось сталкиваться с этим словом, могут найти неудачный перевод в разных словарях. Panoply, по существу, переводят как доспехи или защита. Этот перевод, к сожалению, весьма неточен, и он повторяется не только в русских словарях, но и в испанских. … Continue reading →

I’ve just read an article on a Russian poet, composer and performer Bulat Okudzhava and noticed that his last citizenship was named as поданный of the Russian Federation. It is very easy to google the article, and I won’t provide … Continue reading →

Those who believe in UFOs are stigmatized and ridiculed in so many ways thus this subject has become too dangerous to touch for reasonable people. Has it? I have recently heard that renowned professor Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner granted … Continue reading →

The Anthony Burdain’s show, Parts Unknown, aired on November 12, reflected how the Russian culture permeated American way of life and consumption especially vodka, however, it requires some corrections and clarifications. I teach the Russian language for a while and … Continue reading →

Our hearts go to the Japanese. There are no words to describe the horror that the people in Sendai area have experienced. All disasters cascaded in the sequence that we were supposed to predict especially the nuclear crisis in this area. … Continue reading →