Year: 2008

Historic Day In Russia: May 6th, 2008!


Today is a special day in Russia: Dmitry Medvedev will be inaugurated as Russian President today. He will become Russia’s third President, to succeed his predecessors Boris Yeltsin (elected as President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 19991 and re-elected as President of the Russian Federation in 1996) and Vladimir Putin (elected as […]

Putin: Steps Aside For Medvedev!


Putin had his last meeting as President of Russia, will his next meeting be as Prime Minister?——————————————————————Yesterday Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met with his former and future subordinates. “My words of gratitude are addressed not only to those present here today, but also to those of our colleagues in the Administration and in the Government […]

Pastor Phillip Miles: Appeal Has Been Filed!


Jailed U.S. pastor appeals smuggling sentence 15:26 | 05/ 05/ 2008 MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti) – An appeal has been filed with a Moscow court against a jail sentence of more than three years handed down to an American pastor for illegally bringing ammunition into Russia, a defense attorney said Monday. Moscow’s Golovinsky district […]

Russia: WWII Tanks Are Great!


Hello, We have a few pictures of our trip that did not get lost . I thought that I would post some pictures of World War II tanks that we came across in Russia. They are in very good shape and are situated near a battle field of a large tank battle in WWII. This […]

Medvedev + Putin = Twice The Power!


Interesting Article that I found in the Kansas City.com————————————————–By PETER FINNThe Washington Post MOSCOW | On Wednesday, Dmitry Medvedev will walk through three gilded halls in the Grand Kremlin Palace to a rostrum where he will be sworn in as Russia’s third president, his right hand on a copy of the Russian constitution. To the […]