Windows to Russia

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & studying the GUAM group of countries. (Georgia,Ukraine,Azerbaijan & Moldova) *The GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (Moldovan: GUAM; Azerbaijani: GUAM; Ukrainian: ГУАМ; Georgian: სუამი) is a regional organization of four post-Soviet states: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova. All the GUAM folks have issues with Russia […]

Hello, Today we continue reading stories from my Soviet Childhood. How I already told that is very important to know what books people read and what movies watched when they were kids. That gives us a clue to understand who these people are. Today we start to read next story by Noikolay Nosov, first it […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & reading an article about Abkhazia….——————————————————————–The Georgian-Abkhazian conflict can only be resolved with Russia’s help, Abkhazian President Sergey Bagapsh said after a meeting with President Medvedev in Moscow on Thursday. He also said Abkhazia does not see an alternative to the Russian peacekeepers and there can be […]

RBC, 01.07.2008, Moscow 13:53:49.The investigation committee of the Russian General Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed that it has brought new charges against the former head of YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky and former MENATEP chief Platon Lebedev. Specifically, the Russian businessmen were charged with embezzling 350m tonnes of oil and laundering sums of money amounting to RUB 487bn […]

Is race still an issue for U.S. voters? The issue has reached to the Russian communities in America. Video from Russiatoday….

An unbelievable Black Sea country! Hello, One of the most beautiful areas of the world is the little break away republic called Abkhazia! Attached to Georgia physically but not mentally. Abkhazia has it own freedom in mind & wishes that Georgia would go away. Keep in mind that this was a country that was forced […]

I was drinking a cup of coffee & thinking about the temperature here in Moscow. So, here is a little tidbit of information: It got to a high temperature today of 15 degrees C. (that is 59 degrees F.) The sun rises at 4:45 am and sets at 10:15 pm! (it is light much longer […]

meters, Vladimir Yakushev, the deputy head of the Gas Resources Center of on Russia’s scientific and technical progress. If the reserves reach 700 trillion cubic meters, then this would be enough for 500 years of domestic use and for 100 years if global demand is taken into account, Yakushev said. He added that the forecast […]

added that the parties had a few differences in particular sectors, which needed to be discussed. RBC, 27.06.2008, Moscow 12:18:47.Gazprom plans to send its European partners a proposal to work out a project for the creation of a joint gas station chain in Europe, the Russian energy holding’s CEO Alexei Miller said during today’s annual […]

Hello, As you remember on Wednesdays we publish Stories from Soviet Childhood – stories on situations my generation was brought up, and generation of our parents was brought up …The boys stood watching the fish swimming back and forth in the jar. Seryozha was very pleased, but Vitalik felt a little sad. He was sorry […]