Russian Politics

Separated at Birth?

From Moscow to Miami

When Cuba's top students were sent to the Soviet Union, no one could have guessed they would change from revolutionaries to refugees.

Castro About to Do Something Crazy?

www.kremlin.ruRaul Castro and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev That's what political writer Mickey Kaus is wondering over at his blog on Slate.com, pointing out that every time the U.S. seems to be getting too cozy with Cuba, Castro pulls some shit just to let everybody know he's either a bad ass o ... More >>

Oh So Retro

MiMo 2000

There's Something Fowl in North Miami

Local campaign strategist Michael Caputo likes to employ some fowl play in his election day tactics.  In the mid-1990s, Caputo busted out his patent-pending tactic of using a man-in-a-chicken-suit-to-tail-opponents when he worked for Russian President Boris Yeltsin's campaign. Back ... More >>

Harp on it

Local campaign strategist Michael Caputo likes to employ some fowl play in his election day tactics.  In the mid-1990s, Caputo busted out his patent-pending tactic of using a man-in-a-chicken-suit-to-tail-opponents when he worked for Russian President Boris Yeltsin's campaign. Back ... More >>