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Russian bloggers expose Gravikol 21 pharmaceutical scam targeting pensioners

November 6, 2007

Russian bloggers unite to stop a pharmaceutical scam, and make 21 million phone calls in the process.

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The Putin years in statistics

August 31, 2007

The BBC has put together a fascinating statistical analysis of Russia during the Putin years.

The analysis has graphs aplenty, covering the Russia’s economy, Energy, Population (including a revealing statistic about HIV prevalence in Russia) and the Military.  Sometimes the stats are standalone, sometimes in comparison to other countries.  But all are well worth a quick look.

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Hospital fire kills 45 women

December 9, 2006

Yet another massive fire in Russia, and yet again dozens of people are killed because of the Russian fascination for restricting entry and exit to buildings.
The latest victims: 45 women in a drug rehabilition hospital.
The fire was caused by arson, but the deaths were largely due to the fact that there was only one exit [...]

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Treat your Asthma for just $20 a day at our Ukrainian salt mine!

December 3, 2005

What do you do if you you’ve mined out your salt mine? Why, turn it into a haven for asthma sufferers, of course!
In Soviet times a spell in the salt mines was the fate of dissidents and criminals. But today the glittering tunnels below Solotvyno in western Ukraine have been transformed into a more [...]

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The Soviet Union’s first HIV case

December 2, 2005

Mosnews has an interview with the first man in the Soviet Union to be diagnosed with HIV:
Nikolay Panchenko was the first man in the Soviet Union to be diagnosed with HIV. He had to quit his job for being homosexual, then he spent four years in jail for being HIV positive, but today, at 53, [...]

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World AIDS Day

December 1, 2005

It’s good to see that World AIDS Day is gaining a higher and higher profile in Russia. One of the most unusual ways I’ve seen to promote the day, in Russia or any other country, is Miss Positive 2005, a beauty contest for HIV Positive women.
“It sounds absurd, someone may say this idea is [...]

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One in ten Ukrainians will die of AIDS by 2010 says Yushchenko. Maybe

October 25, 2005

Is this Interfax report based on some bizarre misquote? I’ve only seen the quote carried by Interfax – no other news organisation has even hinted at this story.
Yushchenko said that, in five years, the number of AIDS-infected people will increased 2.5 times and reach a mortality rate of 26 infected per 100,000 citizens.
“The rates [...]

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Is AIDS a hoax?

September 25, 2005

Well, if Konstantin’s source is to be believed, many in the Russian medical profession think that HIV and AIDS aren’t linked. 
“Actually, – he told me, – most of medical researchers in Russia know that Duesberg was right. That’s the main reason why Russian government itself spends kopecks on anti-AIDS projects but accepts international grants [...]

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Bird flu outbreak in Siberia

July 22, 2005

More than 300 birds in the village of Suzdalka, near Novosibirsk have died of a virus thought to be bird flu.  If confirmed, this will be Russia’s first outbreak of bird flu for more than 15 years.   Fortunately no humans appear to have contracted the virus, a variant of which (H5N1)has killed more than 50 [...]

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