Month: March 2009

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and thinking about how far apart the thinking’s of Russia and America are. The Western Press is alight with articles about the reset button given to Lavrov by Clinton. They have acted like it was a terrible thing. It was not a terrible thing because Lavrov was […]

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The average monthly wages in Moscow according to government figures stands at RUB 30,109 (approx. USA $839) from January-December 2008. RBC We get asked for this information all the time. This is not a figure for Russia but for Moscow only. People who live in rural Russia are making closer to $100 to $200 a […]

the Moscow government told RBC today. GDP grew only 6 percent in 2008 against 7.7 percent a year earlier, while industrial production growth amounted to a mere 0.5 percent in 2008 compared to 11.5 percent in 2007. Similarly, fixed investment edged up 0.6 percent in 2008 against 6 percent in the previous year, while the […]

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A Very Simple Borsch 400g – beef2 – average size red beets200g – cabbage4 – potatoes1 – carrot5g – garlic or to taste2 – tomatoes1 – tsp. vinegarsalt and pepper, to tasteparsley to taste or several pinchesdill to taste or a pinchonions to taste or 1 onion Borsch is like a soup, but do not […]

Our Western colleagues saw in Russia a partner that one cannot wipe one’s feet on!

I am drinking my morning cup of coffee and thinking about the play that Svetlana and I saw last night in downtown Moscow, Russia. It was a play for the employees of the Gazprom Bank. Ever year Gazprom Bank has a special event for International Womens Day that falls on the 8th of March. One […]