SURPRISE #1. Since I was unopposed, I have won my election and am excited to have been named president of Sputnik for the 2010-2011 year. Hooray! Thanks for your support (?). Note: No bribes were involved in this. I swear. SURPRISE #2. Since Irkutskites, so they say, are heirs of the revolutionary spirit of their [...]
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Elections Updates: SURPRISE(s)!
Posted: March 16, 2010 in ИркутскTags: decemb, elections, host fam, Irkutsk, politics, president, Russia and Eastern European Society, Sputnik, surprise
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More elections (Vote for me!)
Posted: March 14, 2010 in Иркутск, Student LifeTags: elections, Middlebury, New Years, politics, president, Russia and Eastern European Society, Sovietism, Sputnik
Today from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Irkutskians (Irkutskites? The Irkutskese? …”Irkutyanye” in Russian…) are taking to the polls to vote for their mayor. Unfortunately for believers (such as myself) in a free, democratic process, the fact that Moscow administration chose (and probably funded) Sergei Serebryannikov to the top of the contender list, pairing him in [...]
An editorial essay in which I’ll attempt to coalesce some of my experiences and local hear-say, into a general perception of city politics here for those back home. IRKUTSK, Russia. Residents of more than twenty municipalities and districts of Priangarsk in Eastern Siberia will take part in city and regional elections today, Sunday, October 11. [...]
