Month: January 2010
Russia and her Fifth Generation Fighter Plane: Sukhoi PAK FA – T-50!
When a good reader of our blog gave me a link to this fighter jet. I usually take that as a hint to post something about it. 🙂 His link was from BBC, but BBC does not let me use their videos and RIA does. In fact RIA wants you to use their videos. So
Russia and Nord Stream – Facts and Figures!
Facts & Figures Route: Offshore pipeline from Portovaya Bay near Vyborg, Russia to the coast of Germany near Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Constructed by Nord Stream AG Gas capacities: 55 bcm per annum (2 pipelines with 27.5 bcm capacity each) Pipeline length: 1220 km – Nord Stream is one of the longest offshore pipelines in the
Visa Trip to Ukraine for Russian Visa! (Part 1)
Looks like I made another successful visa trip to Kiev, Ukraine. The only surprise was how cold Kiev was and how bad the roads where in Kiev. I took some pictures of the streets in Kiev and they show that most streets that I encountered, where nothing but deep rutted ice trails. The ice was
The Sun Shined Today in Russia!
In Russia the sun does not like to get very high in the sky! Lets look at a picture of the sun at “High Noon!” (Or should we say “Low noon?”) This was taken today and I promise you that the sun is not very warm. This was the first real sight of the sun