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Apologies for the lack of posts over the past couple of weeks – I’ve just moved house and its taken a lot longer than I had thought to get the broaband sorted. 
A couple of weeks without broadband was actually oddly relaxing, although at the same time, unbelievably frustrating – you forget how much you rely [...]

By the time you read this post, I’ll have already been lying on a sun-scorched beach in the Eastern Mediterranean for several days.  Then, following a few weeks in the sun, I plan on moving house (sadly, just to another place in London, rather than anywhere exotic, or sunny).
Once the new internet connection is up [...]

A couple of months ago I picked up the russianelection2008.com domain name, intending to put together a mini-site related to next year’s Russian Presidential election.
Sadly, I don’t think I’m going to have the time to develop it properly.
So, if anyone is interested in taking the domain off my hands, please let me know.  Unless a [...]

Siberian Light has been nominated for Best CIS weblog at the Satin Pajama European Weblog awards. 
If you’ve enjoyed reading, please consider voting for Siberian Light.

Following a heated debate which turned into a personal slanging match, I’ve decided to introduce a formal comments policy.
It’s a very simple policy, which reads as follows: Political views of all stripes are respect ed at Siberian Light, but play nice, don’t abuse my hospitality, and don’t throw personal insults around. 
Up until now, I’ve tried [...]

I’m happy to announce that one of my finest posts – about the practicalities of showering out of a kettle, no less – has been translated into Italian, thanks to Francesco.
If you have the good fortune to read Italian, you can find the article here, at Permalink magazine (load the pdf file – it’s on [...]