Year: 2008
Russia: Medvedev meets Kissinger!
Dmitry Medvedev met with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The discussions covered various aspects of Russian-American relations in the context of the changes taking place in the United States following the election of Barack Obama as President, and also international issues. (Link)
News From Russia: December 12th, 2008!
anniversary of the Russian Constitution. “The most important recent achievement is that any amendments to the Constitution and other laws must be made according to the rules that we have established for ourselves,” the president said. He called the Constitution “the indisputable backbone of the Russian legal system.” RBC, 12.12.2008, Moscow 15:19:30.According to the truck
Russia: Tobacco – Get Cancer and Cure Cancer, All From The Same Plant!
about $2,800. A patient would have to pay over $100,000 for one year of treatment. There were incidents when cancer patients had to sell their property to be able to take the course and stay alive. What is worse, there is no universal remedy for cancer. Such medications have to be made individually for each
Russia: Looks Like Ukraine Getting in Hot Water!
A few months ago I wrote several articles about the Ukraine cargo ship Faina, that pirates had captured near Somalia! The ship was loaded with military hardware including 33 Tanks! It seems that Ukraine has been shipping for some time a lot of military weapons to multiples of destinations. The issue is not whether they
A Few More Israel Pictures from Windows to Russia!
Hello, I pulled out some more pictures of Israel and decided to post them. These came from my little Rekam camera and I almost forgot I took them on our recent trip for a visa to Russia. Most of them are from while we took a walk around the block from where Misha and Chelita
Russian news: December 8th, 2008!
TNK-BP, Rosneft, and Transneft will enable the companies to save up to $50m per year, TNK-BP’s Vice President Jonathan Kollek told a briefing today. He reiterated that the contract signed by the companies provided for annual supplies of 13m tonnes of oil up until 2015. He also added that the agreement allowed Rosneft to meet
Russian Warship Passes Through the Panama canal!
These last few days while drinking my cup of coffee I had to stop and think about our friends (Roberto and Lydia) in Panama. (I read their blog all the time, The Silver People Chronicle). The issue is in my mind because their blog is about the Panama canal and the Russians have a Warship