First preview of Outlaws Inc. hits US newsstands!
The first preview of Outlaws Inc. hit the stands this week courtesy of Libraries Journal. And here it is! Outlaws Inc.: Under the Radar and on the Black Market with the World’s Most Dangerous Smugglers. Bloomsbury, dist. by Macmillan. Aug. 2011. 288p. ISBN 9781608195305. $25. When communism collapses, some Russian military men get together and…
Google, Skype, Hotmail & the FSB: Russia’s hidden heart
Very interesting city, Ekaterinburg. It’s known for a number of reasons, all of which are to do with its somewhat shadowy, secretive character. It was the scene of the Romanov family’s assassination by the Bolsheviks, and the fount of the whole Anastasia controversy/red herring. During World War II, the Russian government created a secret second…
What makes you think it’s not me, officer?
Happy memories of shopping for forged driving licences in Russia’s Urals…
The lighter side of Moscow’s customs officials
News from today’s Moscow Times suggests all that glaring and journalist-deporting Russian customs and border officials have been doing recently may just be a front to disguise their real fun-loving side. What other conclusion can we possibly draw from this video, showing a group of Moscow customs men and the mime-along pop video they made…
The case of the vanishing cover
The great lost cover? Here’s the cover of Outlaws Inc (right), next to one (left) that fell by the wayside…
German edition is riveting. Literally.
The German cover is a thing of rare, embossed ‘rivets-and-metal’ beauty
What’s German for ‘Outlaws Inc’?
The answer, of course, is “Tödliche Fracht”. OK, lie. But…
Oliver Stone and me: unfinished drinking business
I chatted to the legendary director about Fidel Castro, The Doors and more…
“Captain, you’re not gonna make it…”
A home movie taken on what looks like a mobile phone…