Today is the five-month anniversary of this blog, and this is, by happy coincidence, our 600th post. On Wednesday, we were proud to welcome our 9,000th visit to the blog and on Thursday our 900th profile view. On Friday, as previously announced, we broke into the top 100,000 blogs in the world as evaluated by Technorati. Who are these vistors, you ask?

For those who may be interested, the chart above shows a graphic representation of La Russophobe's traffic by nation. Just over half of our readers come from the United States, just under half are internationals ranging from Argentina to Switzerland, including over two dozen different countries.

The blog is now averaging more than 700 visits (and over 1,500 page views) per week or close to 3,000 visits (and over 6,000 page views) per month. Before the middle of the month we will record the 10,000th visit to the blog, a major milestone which will come a few weeks before our six-month anniversary. Although the blog has only just begun, it's already clear that there is a substantial community in the blogosphere that is strongly interested in the fate of democracy in Russia, and we welcome all the members of that community to this blog. We thank and admire all those who are willing to take positive steps to stand up for democracy and against tyrrany in the Neo-Soviet Union. History will record that our community sounded the clarion call to action when action was still possible; whether that call will be heeded remains of course to be seen.

Undoubtedly, a number of our readers are also simply worried about the consequences for their own nations, especially those located close to Russia's borders, as the Iron Curtain once again descends across the continent. To them La Russophobe expresses her admiration, fellowship and empathy, since she does not have to bear that particular burden. Part of the reason this blog exists is to make an expression of support for your position. Hopefully, a concerted world effort will protect you.

Finally, there are surely some people who are simply interested in Russia as a hobby, and La Russophobe, averaging more than 100 posts per month, is the most content-rich Russia speciality blog in the world, so these readers know they can find something new and interesting about Russia on this blog every single day. Those with an interest in Russia are always welcome to submit material for publication on this blog.