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Malaysia Airlines MH17 crashes in Ukraine

July 17, 2014 by Yein Jee

A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane crashes in Ukraine, near Russian border, on Thursday, killing all 298 people aboard, mostly Dutch. It’s believed that the plane was shot down by pro-Russian separatist.

It’s a sad and shocking tragedy. Condolences to the families, and may the victims rest in peace.

I’m afraid there will be no justice though, if the Russians were really behind this. They are going to deny or ignore the matter and walk free with blood on their hands. The countries at stake don’t have the power to touch them, and the rest of the world will offer very little support against them.

The aviation industry needs to reflect on this too. Hundreds of commercial airlines flew over the conflicted region in the prior week before the MH17 crash. Not sure why they deemed the route safe – or perhaps they never thought about the situation at all – but it’s obviously a wrong judgement.

This is the second disaster involving Malaysia Airlines this year. Flight MH370 disappeared in March; it’s still missing and presumably crashed in the Indian Ocean with 239 people on board.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Air travel, Armed forces, Human made disasters, Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia blog, Russian Federation, The Netherlands, Ukraine blog

Maria Sharapova – Head Tennis pictorial

June 5, 2013 by Yein Jee

Behind the scene images of Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova when filming a HEAD Tennis commercial (video further below) in which she “tested” the brand’s Graphene™ racquet in some odd situations.

Update – The video has been deleted from the official channel, use your imagination =)

Maria Sharapova Head Tennis Graphene racquets

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Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: European pop culture, Head Sports, Maria Sharapova, Racquet Sports, Russian Federation, Sports and athletes

First McDonald’s in Moscow in 1990

November 26, 2012 by Yein Jee

Old video showing the long queue on the opening day (Jan 31, 1990) of the first – and back then the world’s largest – McDonald’s restaurant in former Soviet Union.

The restaurant was operated by McDonald’s Canada instead of the American HQ, probably to avoid sensitivity issue as the Cold War has just ended.

McDonald’s also opened its first outlet in mainland China in October the same year.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: American food, American pop culture, Fast Food, McDonald's, Moscow City, Russian Federation, World records

Djokovic vs. Sharapova: Power Golf

September 4, 2012 by Yein Jee

Russian tennis darling Maria Sharapova and Serbian ace Novak Djokovic doing a bit of tennis+golf game in this Head Tennis video.

Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: European pop culture, Golf, Head Sports, Maria Sharapova, Racquet Sports, Republic of Serbia, Russian Federation, Sports and athletes

Maria Sharapova Harper’s Bazaar Russia

August 28, 2012 by Yein Jee

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova is featured in August 2012 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Magazine in her homeland.

Maria Sharapova Russian Harpers Bazaar Magazine

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: European pop culture, Harper's Bazaar, Magazine photos, Maria Sharapova, Racquet Sports, Russian Federation, Sports and athletes

Maria Sokolovski T3 March 2011

July 31, 2011 by Yein Jee

Russian model Maria Sokolovski was the cover girl for March 2013 issue of UK’s T3 Magazine. The model was famous (although more well known as Neha Dalvi, a fake name) as the model for Indian fashion brand Seasons…

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: European pop culture, Magazine photos, Maria Sokolovski, Russian Federation

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