• I don't want to make any excuses, but one of the reasons I have neglected winthrop88 is because I happen to work for one of the companies that's dominating the financial news lately. So, yeah, a lot of goings on at work.
  
  I will continue to focus on winthrop360, which for those of you who don't know is a Russia/geopolitical analysis blog. I really give it to the hypocrites in the media, for example. It's a cool blog and requires less daily upkeeping.
  
  For Russian news, I'm sure you know the sites, but here are the ones I routinely go to: RIA Novosti, Google News, and Robert Amsterdam. It's also great to check out what Russophobes are saying, so I also go to RFE/RL, Eurasia Daily Monitor, La Russophobe, and The Moscow Times