Well, here’s something I hadn’t heard. The Kremlin founded an organization for ethnic Russians abroad to destabilize their countries of residence in favor of Great Russian imperialism. And they literally called it the Rusintern. Боже мой.

Andrew Stuttaford has the story, as well as some Transdnistria and Ukraine bits, at the Corner

UPDATE: The WSJ has more on Transdnistria. (Paywall, alas.)

Confucius, Œc. Vol.

Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu.