They were shooting...Yesterday. In the forest. In Vladimir Oblast. A shot thundered practically right over my head. Luckily for me and for the duck flushed from the mirror-like marsh, the hunter missed.

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By the way, they were shooting for certain, not only yesterday and not only in Vladimir Oblast - the hunting season continues in Russia. The period of killing feathered creatures in the Moscow region began back on 25 July and will continue through 30 November. Then, in November, the season will open for beavers, moose, boars...hunting season continues, in essence, year round on the vast spaces of our motherland, which for now is still

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Dmitry Solovyov's article on the Russian military's conscription program in the Moscow Times is beyond words, especially the detail about Anton Kuznetsov.  Anyone who can find more info on that story, just let us know ... I only see the state media attempting to discredit Kuznetsov as a traitor gone AWOL."I hate to say this, but in fact such a conscription with numerous violations calls this reform into question, if not spells the death of it," said Sergei Krivenko, coordinator of the public movement Citizen and the Army. Human rights bodies say even young men with criminal records were drafted this year. Official data show 471 Russians died while serving last year, 29 more than in 2007. More than half of all deaths last year were suicides, often caused by the deep-rooted tradition of hazing, when older soldiers bully and humiliate younger ones....