Windows to Russia

Glad they are doing this little bit of law adjustment….————————————————–A draft law will be introduced into the Russian State Duma today to allow Russians to use the national flag for “unofficial purposes.” The bill originated with the United Russia Party, which discovered that soccer fans are breaking the law when they wave the Russian flag […]

Lithuania. However, the US has said that as the talks with Poland were progressing slowly, it was considering some other options. According to Lavrov, Russia is concerned with the missile defense system in Eastern Europe as a whole, rather than in Lithuania in particular. RBC, 24.06.2008, Moscow 19:35:44.Russia could set its export duty on oil […]

One thing I see as “Oil the King” falls shorter in supply, as we run out, the usage of its little brother “Gas” is becoming the Prince of the energy industry.——————————————–Israeli Minister of National Infrastructure Binyamin Ben-Eliezer has proposed to Gazprom that it supply natural gas to the Israeli market. By 2010, the Israeli government […]

I came across this tidbit of an article that seems of interest…——————————————–The Russian Orthodox Church Bishops’ Council will begin tomorrow. A document will be issued by the council that will define the church’s stance on human rights, calling for resistance to the emerging system of liberal values that contains “lies, untruth and insults to religious […]

The other night was sleepless……——————————————————————-http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=905201More than 700,000 people celebrated the victory of the Russian national soccer team over The Netherlands with a score of 3:1 in the quarterfinal of the Championship of Europe Saturday night. Such massive exultation has never before been seen in the Russian capital, where, as in other Russian cities, automobile traffic […]

Looks like Pastor Phillip Miles Got A Lucky Break… Or, maybe it could have been –“The defense team provided letters from Russia’s human rights ombudsman and 62 members of U.S. Congress with requests for the cleric’s acquittal.” 🙂——————————————-MOSCOW, June 23 (RIA Novosti) – The Moscow City Court ruled on Monday to release a U.S. pastor […]

Poland says let us see the green backs……——————————————–Poland is demanding one billion dollars a year from the United States for allowing elements of its anti-missile defence shield to be placed there. It’s believed that cost could be too much for the White House in the latest setback for the controversial project, which is opposed by […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & thinking about what Russia might be saying in conjunction with USA, Israel & Iran situation!————————————————-Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday warned against the use of force on Iran, saying there was no proof it was trying to build nuclear weapons. Lavrov said Russia had asked […]

The announcement came from Russian gas giant Gazprom. The Dutch company gets 9% in the joint enterprise, reducing the shares of E.On Ruhrgas and Wintershall Holding to 20% each. Gazprom keeps its 51% stake. The Nord Stream pipeline is to transport Russian gas to European customers, bypassing transit countries. It will run over the seabed […]

Festival. Thousands of people from the movie industry are in Moscow for the event, including a galaxy of A-list stars. The ceremony opens on Thursday with the Russian premiere of the Hollywood blockbuster ‘Hancock’, with the film’s stars, Will Smith and Charlize Theron, expected to attend. Russia Today——————————————————————– For all fans of Moscow Movie Festival […]