News From Russia: January 30th, 2009!

believes that the union’s anti-crisis plan will prevent the Russian and Belarusian economies from slipping below the 2008 level, Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said during a meeting of the alliance’s council of ministers in Moscow today. He stressed that the plan enabled the union’s GDP not only to remain at the same level, but

From Russia: Putin’s Opening Speech At Davos World Economic Forum!

Grab a cup of coffee and sit a moment to read Putins speech: For the first time in the history of the Forum – Russian politician Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has delivered the key-note opening speech at Davos World Economic Forum. Here is the speech:————————————————————-Esteemed participants of the World Economic Forum, Ladies and gentlemen, I

News From Russia: January 27th 2009!

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk has withdrawn from the election, leaving just two candidates. (Link) Could a car thief, who stole a $US 45,000 offroader in Moscow last night, have ever imagined that it belongs to, of all things, the Orthodox Church? (Link) Financial crises, the recent gas