“The Russian Bear Is the Friend of the Snow Leopard”
The Snow Leopard, in this case, signifies South Ossetia, about which Joshua Kucera writes in Slate’s feature called Dispatches: Notes From Different Corners of the World. So far, Kucera has posted four installments in a series on the former Soviet Union, and they prove a really fascinating glimpse into the world of shoddy spies, propaganda and other facets of life in South Ossetia, Azerbaijan and beyond.