Windows to Russia

Everyday while walking around Russia, whether in Moscow, side of the highway or a little village. You will find Babushkas selling “Salt Cucumbers”. These cucumbers look exactly like pickles but taste totally different. I am a dill pickle lover and when I first came to Russia I saw pickles (cucumbers) everywhere. I finally got one […]

Hello, I was drinking my morning cup of wonderful coffee here in Moscow Russia. I came across this tidbit of information on the airwaves in Russia… Seems that about 3,000 schoolchildren from Moscow and surrounding regions in Russia had a get together on the Red Square today (Sunday) to sign up in the communist Pioneer […]

St. Petersburg Ford plant protest 4-day working week:Some 150 workers from a Ford car factory near St. Petersburg held a protest rally on Friday against a four-day working week at the plant, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported. Two police officers killed in blast outside Chechen ministry:Two police officers were killed and three injured in a […]

I came across this interesting news tidbit here in Russia Today: “It was at about 3AM. I was standing by my tractor when the guys started shouting: ‘Look, there are some balls flying.’ They were big and sparkling with yellow, red and green,” an eyewitness told Interfax news agency over the phone. According to the […]

I was drinking that famous cup of coffee here in Moscow, Russia and came across this tidbit of information. 🙂 “Figure hall” of Russian museum incorporates into the Moscow metro: The name of the train that carries this Moscow Metro Art Museum is “Water Color”. This train will contain a total of 35 copies of […]

Hello,At least 80 people die of heroin abuse in Russia every day!In America, I employed thousands upon thousands of individuals and trained many upper and lower level managers. I saw this problem with heroin time and time again. Out of the many cases of heroin abuse that I had to deal with was a young […]

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Hello,When tickets are thousands of dollars and being scalped (scalper in America and a tout in Britain) for double that. You know that this is a rich man’s game. Welcome to “Life Styles of the Rich and Famous”! One of the top favorites of this year’s contest, Alexander Rybak representing Norway, says this Eurovision “is […]

Russia’s Glonass system to get full state support – deputy PM:Russia will not cut funding for its Glonass satellite navigation program despite the current economic crisis, a deputy prime minister said on Tuesday. First Eurovision semifinal to be held in Moscow on Tuesday:The first of two Eurovision semifinals will start on Tuesday at Moscow’s Olimpiisky […]