People

Real friends who blog and friends in the blogosphere 

Carpet Blogger
Copy Dude
Gaping mind (or is it mind the gap?)
Good Bye Lenin and his other blog Viola in Vilnius
Little Miss Moi
Megan Case
Neeka's Backlog
Stepping Stones
Vilhelm Konnander
White Sun of the Desert

and of course

Allbran
Notes on Moscow

plus personal blogs I have been reading a long time

Petite Anglaise
Random Reality
A Life in Wales