Yesterday, the financial times sent out an email newsletter with a few cool features. First is a world currency map. Scroll down a bit and click the map. My countries are in green, others are in red.

Second:

Neil Buckley, Moscow bureau chief, travels 2,000 miles along the route of the Trans-Siberian railway from Irkutsk to Vladivostock in Siberia to discover the changing character of Russia.
Watch the audio slideshow to discover why President Vladimir Putin, increasingly feared and distrusted abroad, enjoys rising popularity at home.
(Japanese Used Car Mules in Vladivostok is particularly interesting)

Also Related: Map of the market and also for the Nikkei 255.