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Russia’s foreign minister lashes out at criticism over Khodorkovsky verdict (Update 2) 14:53 31/12/2010 The Russian judiciary system is completely independent from the positions of the Russian Federation and any other foreign government, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.>> Other news of the day Windows to Russia! Bout was Psychologically Pressured by the […]

Windows to Russia reached a total of 2226 posts by the end of 2010. 783 posts were turned out during the 2010 year. That is what was going through my mind this morning as I sipped my coffee. Then I asked myself what am I doing it for? It is a good question because I […]

How long till the New Years: Russian Style… Timer kinda broke but it is for the dancing duo that I posted it…

In Russia we call phone for fire (01), police (02), and ambulance (03), We will soon be call phone #112 for all above, We will be civilized like west! Yngvar (Igor) {Guest Post – links added by admin} Windows to Russia! Russia launches universal emergency hotline (rt.com) Russia Says, “The Western World needs to Mind […]

Good article from news site: The Voice of Russia. A good English based website for up to date news about Russia… http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/12/29/38236184.html Russia insists on offensive/defensive link in START: By Yevgeny Kryshkin The State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) plans to confirm the link between the reduction of the strategic offensive arms […]

Russian President Medvedev has terminated two senior officials from the Russian space agency Roscosmos located in Korolev where Sveta and I live. They were terminated for the earlier failed launch of the Proton rocket carrying three Glonass navigation system satellites… I got to say one thing. Medvedev will fire your butt if you don’t get […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and was going through hundreds and hundreds of spam comments. It then struck me that I had read several articles in the last few years about how bad Russia and China were on the spam attacks in the world. They explain that China and Russia were just […]

In the news:  Russia sees trash talk being made in the US and the EU concerning the ongoing trial of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev as substandard… In connection with the statements voiced in Washington and a number of capitals in the European Union regarding the trial of M. […]

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a government order that lays out the groundwork for the transition of federal bodies and agencies to use free software, including Linux, by 2015. The 25-point document (available here) outlines specific steps the government must take in order to move off proprietary software and onto free and/or open […]