April 1, 2009,PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – BARACK OBAMA: Let me just make a brief comment. I am very grateful to President Medvedev for taking the time to visit with me today. I am particularly gratified because prior to the meeting, our respective teams have worked together, and have developed a series […]
American verses Russian Suburb! Hello,As you see they have left lots of room for expansion and given themselves lots of ocean front property. They also have included Equator property to allow the elderly to be like the snowbirds in America and go south for the winter. (snowbirds) Due to the success of the Georgian war. […]
Today on Windows to Russia, we will make a simple Vinaigrette the way they do it in Russia! Or at least one of the million ways they do it in Russia. This is a popular winter salad as it uses pickled and storage type food items. But do not worry if you make it in […]
Today in Russia is April Fools’ Day, apart from being an international day of practical jokes, this year also marks the 200th birthday of Encyclopedia Britannica’s ‘Father of modern Russian realism’– Nikolay Gogol. (Link to all about Gogol!) Have a nice April Fool’s Day and do not forget that other things happened on today also! […]
March 31, 2009Article by Dmitry Medvedev published in “Washington Post” It is hard to dispute the pessimistic assessments of the Russian-American relationship that prevailed at the end of last year. Unfortunately, relations soured because of the previous U.S. administration’s plans – specifically, deployment of the U.S. global missile defense system in Eastern Europe, efforts to […]
A planned round of negotiations on a new Russia-EU bilateral cooperation agreement will be held in Moscow on April 3, European Commission Moscow office chief Marc Franco said on Tuesday. Ukraine’s Tymoshenko wants better relations with Russia:Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said that she wants to see friendly relations between Kiev and Moscow that […]
I was enjoying my cup of coffee here in Moscow Russia. I was doing some research on what China and Russia have planned. There is not a lot about the details but what is known is: Chinese and Russian leaders both plan to open debate on an SDR-based reserve currency as an alternative to the […]
I was drinking a cup of coffee here in Moscow, Russia and looking at an interesting picture that tells an interesting story. Have you ever wondered what some of the Presidents of some of the biggest countries make? Well this is a graph that tells about Merkel, Brown, Medvedev, Obama, Cowen and Sarkozy! Medvedev the […]
I was drinking a second cup of coffee and thinking about what all was going on here in Russia this weekend. It has been a busy last few weeks all over the city and looks like it is not going to slow down anytime soon. Spring is here even though Moscow looks like it still […]