Inside Krasnodar | 2008

I’d like to draw your attention to a great new Russia focused blog by Colleen Winthrop called Winthrop 360. There is sooooo much crap out there in the blogosphere about Russia today that it’s great to see some balance developing between the anti-Russian crowd (La Russophobe, Amsterdam, Applebaum, Lucas, et al) and the rest of […]

Back to serious opinions on Russia and where it’s headed under Medvedev and Putin. Below is an opinion piece from today’s JRL (Johnson’s Russia List) by one of the most astute analysts on Russian business today. Roland Nash is a Managing Director at Renaissance Capital in Moscow. The analysis Roland offers below is the very […]

You can imagine my surprise today when, while I was scanning through my RSS subscriptions in my Google Reader, I saw that La Russophobe had written an “Editorial” lambasting me and my opinions on Russia. I’m proud to say that I am now on the list of La Russophobe’s most hated Russophiles. What an honor.
For […]

I’m starting to get more and more requests for information from people traveling to Krasnodar. I am happy to help and please send me an email (email at timothypost.com) with any questions.
If you’re looking for a place to stay there’s no question that the best hotel in Krasnodar is the Red Royal Hotel. The Red […]

As Bush and Putin meet one last time in Sochi, I wanted to share with you an excellent article from the Times Online that very nicely offers the Russian’s viewpoint to NATO over these past 8 years under Bush.
NATO continues to push eastward but says to Russia not to worry. It’s my own personal opinion […]

Today in the International Herald Tribune there was an article, A new miracle on ice: Russia is luring back NHL stars, discussing the growing attractiveness of the Russian Superliga for current and future NHL players.
I first discussed this trend in a blog post titled, Bettman’s Bluff, on December 12th, 2007.
Here’s a quote from Alexei Yashin,
“Less […]

I’m back in Krasnodar after spending 3 weeks in America. I needed to go back to Boston because my Russian Work Permit expired on January 17th. A word for the wise, you need to reapply for your Work Permit 3 months before it is to expire. I, unfortunately, didn’t know this fact and so when […]

Thank to Fred Wilson for the heads-up on the NY Times article this past weekend titled, Waving Goodbye to Hegemony.
Here’s an excerpt from the article where the author discusses Russia and the role he sees it playing in the post-American unipolar world,
…. In exploring just a small sample of the second world, we should start […]

On December 11th, I wrote a blog post called “Bettman’s Bluff” where I discussed the possibility that the NHL may opt-out of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. I further suggested that the NHL look to expand its brand internationally by creating opportunities for the top NHL teams to compete against the top Russian/European teams.
Well, it […]

I got an email from a friend, and classmate of mine at Phillips Exeter Academy, yesterday, basically asking how I could find the article by Justin Raimondo “refreshing?”
He wrote,
“So if Russians don’t really want freedom, they prefer dictatorship which makes them unique in the entire world.
I bet without oil and gas revenue all […]