Windows to Russia

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and reading an article in the local newspaper about the upcoming UN report on the Georgia – Russian war back in August 7, 2008. Svet and I have been a supporter of Russia in this war and have not varied from our thinking. We watched a Western […]

Коммуна,Заря Свободы Hello, Lets look at the Russian Village called “Sunrise to Freedom” and tour the area as we look… Here is a shot of the front of the village as I walk toward it from the lake… (Below) All Villages that we have seen in Russia have this phone now. This was not available […]

Take a big soup pot and chop all the carrots, celery root, parsley root, turnip root and parsnip root into a small (quarter inch) diced size and add them to the big soup pot. Then add the Sauerkraut and chopped up pickled tomatoes. Then add two to three cups of water and let it cook […]

Hello, This mornings cup of coffee was back in Moscow, Russia. I was contemplating about the tornado that hit the village this weekend! (Did I say tornado?) We will just jump into the nitty gritty… I had just fired up the shashlik grill and threading the meat and veggies on to the metal sticks. This […]

Moscow and Beijing to talk about Pyongyang and Obama:It is hard to find two other top leaders who would meet more often than those of Russia and China. They attend at least two summits per year, plus the inevitable G8 summer meeting (Russia is a member of the club and China is always invited), and […]

The Conventional Wisdom on Putin is Wrong: First of all, Putin is the Prime Minister of Russia and his primary concern is the well-being of Russia and not winning a popularity contest in the West. His “bedside manner” is quite non- apologetically blunt. He suffers no fools and demands respect. He is not a diplomat. […]

World Health Organization declares swine flu pandemic:The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Thursday its first flu pandemic of the 21st century following an emergency meeting on the swine flu outbreak that has hit 74 countries. Ahmadinejad to attend Shanghai group summit in Russia:Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will participate in this weekend’s summit of the […]

Hello, Lets have a good country home style food today. What do you normally do with chicken hearts, gizzards and livers? Throw them away? That’s a mistake! Some of the least expensive parts of a chicken are probably some of the least appreciated parts. I prepare this different when I was in America but I […]