Russia: Vacation Here We Come!
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Month: March 2008
Russian News: March 28th, 2008!
the ministry’s monitoring report on the economic situation in the country states. Meanwhile, GDP rose 8.2 percent in February 2008 against the same month of 2007. RBC, 28.03.2008, Moscow 11:09:45.Rosneft’s net profit under RAS decreased 1.3 times from nearly RUB 213.217bn (approx. USD 9.07bn) in 2006 to RUB 162bn (approx. USD 6.89bn) in 2007, the
Russia: Visa Information!
Hello, Just a short video on Russian Visa Issues. Worth a watch….
Russia: I Am Watching The Dollar Sink, One kopek at a time!
I have watched the Dollar slide downhill slowly but steadily! This effect was not very apparent when I lived in the USA, but living outside of the USA, I see how the Dollar decline is conjunctively with all currencies……————————————————————–Dollar down 13.88 kopeks, euro up 16.91 kopeks – Central Bank 27/03/2008 13:48 MOSCOW, March 27 (RIA
Russia: Spy Vs. Spy!
Seems that here in the last few weeks there are spy’s everywhere. Now Belarus has uncovered another spy ring. They must not be very good spy’s because they keep getting caught. Reminds me of: Spy Vs Spy……———————————————————–Belarus says uncovers U.S. spy networkTue Mar 25, 2008 2:17pm EDT MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus said on Tuesday it
Russia: Is Chechnya Getting Safer?
I was drinking my morning cup of delicious Russian coffee & thinking about Chechnya. I was thinking about doing an article on the troubled area. It has seemed to me that the conflict has mellowed out a lot down that way. Just as I was getting ready to start the article I saw that Yuri
Russian News: March 25th, 2008!
maker said. The company’s management expects that the synergy between the companies will result from lower expenses and higher operating efficiency. RBC, 25.03.2008, Moscow 17:21:03.LUKoil and Iraq have agreed to form a working group for the implementation of the Western Kurna-2 project, the Russian oil company’s press office reported today, referring to the talks held
Russia: Spring Is Trying To Start!
Moscow has been having some warm days, today has hit over 12.4 degrees C. That is about 54.2 degrees F. These are record temperatures for this time of the year. The previous record for March 25 was 12.2 degrees (53.9 F.) which was registered in 1973. The meteorological bureau said temperatures could climb even higher
Russia!
The second cup of morning coffee brought forth this really good article on Mother Russia. (The Country!) It gives a positive perspective about Russia and the one area I disagree with is matter of personal outlook on the Russian people! (I give my difference at the end of the article.) I understand this attraction to
Ukraine: Worlds Tallest Man!
How would you like to be this tall……———————————————————–[24.03.2008 17:02]Leonid Stadnik`s phenomenal height has forced him to quit a job he loved, to stoop as he moves around his house and to spend most of his time in his tiny home village because he cannot fit in a car or bus, according to AP. But Stadnik,