http://eng.letters.kremlin.ru/ "Send a Letter to the President"

This says that you can send a letter to the President of Russia! Is this real? How does it work? What do you think?

So, what do we really know about the Prime Minister?

So, as I was looking up Russian news, I found this. The Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, was given a provocative present. A calender full of beautiful women, in the playboy fashion, with little speech bubbles saying things like, "We love you." and "How about a third time?" referring to he would run to be president again . This calender was supposed to show that smart women could be beautiful and the people of the magazine who made the calender wanted to wish the Prime Minister a happy birthday. It is assured that the girls will be shown no penalties but a mild lecture.
I have to say, this make you smile, but it also makes you think. I am sure the Prime Minister has recieved some interesting gifts in his time, but as to calenders like these? Things that make you go hmmm...

http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-10-06/putin-girls-erotic-calendar.html

Intersections/ Hacker

The following link is an interesting piece of blog journalism that looks at the identity of the hackers of the climate emails. The question considered is whether the hackers were part of the Russian intelligience community. http://intelligencenews.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/03-119/