Windows to Russia

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & thinking about the weather here. It is now June 10th and we have 50 – 60 degree F. days and almost freezing nights. In fact a few days ago they had a frost warning & the trees are now just fully leafed out. Right now at […]

Everyone might want to think about what the world is trying to escalate toward…..——————————————“If Iran continues with its programme for developing nuclear weapons, we will attack it. The sanctions are ineffective,” Mr Mofaz told Yediot Ahronot. “Attacking Iran, in order to stop its nuclear plans, will be unavoidable,” he said.——————————————–Iran must understand that without a […]

RBC, 06.06.2008, St. Petersburg 16:25:59.Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said during a meeting with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Strelna, a town outside St. Petersburg, that he planned to pay an official visit to Azerbaijan in early July, the Mayak radio station reported today. In turn, Aliyev thanked the Russian President for accepting the invitation […]

Russia: the key to Iran’s nukes?If the U.S. wants to stop Iran’s nuclear programme, it should strike a bargain with Russia, Senator Charles Schumer believes. In an article published in the Wall Street Journal, the American politician outlines the incentives which, in his opinion, could convince Russia to give up its stance as Iran’s defender […]

Hello, The Caucasus Mountains was a high point of our last trip in April. I do not have very many pictures because of the hard drive incident so looks things look like we will not have very many pictures of the trip. In the Caucasus Mountains Svet and I got to ride a ski lift […]

German President Horst Koehler and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The visit to Germany follows his trip to Kazakhstan and China last month. Some analysts said the fact that he went east rather than west for his first trip abroad after being sworn in showed where Russia’s foreign policy priorities lay. Do you blame Medvedev for […]

Mikheil Sakaashvili / Dmitry Medvedev Hello, I see that we have an upcoming meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Sakaashvili, due to take place during the St. Petersburg Economic Forum on 6-8 June.

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee, when I came across information that Russia is working on relations with Venezuela & Colombia. Russia wants to sell military weapons to both? Now that is a tricky thing to do since they are not really best of friends. 🙂 The thoughts came to me that this […]

I read about this several months ago & now I see that they are going to get the bells swapped……——————————————- Russian church bells that have been ringing out at Harvard University for almost 80 years will soon return to their home at the Danilov monastery in Moscow. Harvard is hosting a bell festival to mark […]

RBC, 03.06.2008, Moscow 09:55:16.Gazprom has offered to Azerbaijan to buy the republic’s natural gas at market prices on the basis of a long-term agreement, the Russian gas giant’s press office reported, citing CEO Alexei Miller’s statement during a meeting with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev as part of his working visit to the republic. Miller noted […]