Windows to Russia

This video of an interview with Russian President Medvedev is really very good. The main brunt of this video is about Russian agriculture. Russia has not lost their agriculture base. Russia has a third of its population still involved in agriculture and that is a god send to Russia…

Hello, When we drive to the village we pass a lot of Old Orthodox Churches. We have pictures through out our blog of many churches from past excursions (Links at end of article…) and this time we took some more pictures as we found interesting churches as we traveled this last weekend to our village…Continue reading Russian Orthodox Churches on the way to the Village!

Police officer injured in blast in Russia’s Caucasus:A police officer was injured in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Kabardino Balkaria when an illegal arms cache he discovered exploded, local police said on Friday. Russian monetary base up 2.4% in week to $127.1 billion:Russia’s Central Bank said Friday the country’s narrowly defined money supply (M1) wasContinue reading Russian News From Russia: June 19th, 2009!

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and reading an article in the local newspaper about the upcoming UN report on the Georgia – Russian war back in August 7, 2008. Svet and I have been a supporter of Russia in this war and have not varied from our thinking. We watched a WesternContinue reading Saakashvili: The President Who Lost His Country!

Коммуна,Заря Свободы Hello, Lets look at the Russian Village called “Sunrise to Freedom” and tour the area as we look… Here is a shot of the front of the village as I walk toward it from the lake… (Below) All Villages that we have seen in Russia have this phone now. This was not availableContinue reading Windows to Russia: Presents – Sunrise to Freedom (A Russian Village!)

Take a big soup pot and chop all the carrots, celery root, parsley root, turnip root and parsnip root into a small (quarter inch) diced size and add them to the big soup pot. Then add the Sauerkraut and chopped up pickled tomatoes. Then add two to three cups of water and let it cookContinue reading Recipe from Russia: Щи (Schi) – Veggy Soup with Sauerkraut!