Here in Russia we have been taking a nice break from the normal routine. Russia has been in her New Years Holidays and tomorrow the 7th of January is Orthodox Christmas time here in Russia! So in Russia things have been looking wonderful and a beautiful holiday spirit is everywhere…

But as we look out of the “Window from Russia” we see an interesting world that seems to have gone a lot off the deep end. We have, total uncontrolled chaos about the Christmas Airline Bomber. – We have, a new war starting to take shape in Yemen. – We have, Belarus playing games with oil. – We have Ukraine starting her issues with gas. – We have a shortage of fuel in Europe, because of the tremendous cold wave. – We have, an increase in drone bombings in Pakistan, Afghanistan and now Yemen. – We have, full body scanners being installed in International Airports all over the world. – We have, Obama trying to lay a blame game on issues that seems to be dragging America into a deep cesspool. – We have,the UN handing out a report that the Afghanistan war is “teetering on the edge of a chasm”. – We have, … (About a hundred more things to say but it has depressed us enough!)

But hey, it is Christmas in Russia so Svet and I are enjoying life as best we can. I decided to ignore the world for a few days and may ignore a few more days after reading all the doomsday reports from the Western Press!

Windows to Russia!
comments always welcome.

“Ukraine’s Naftogaz cannot pay for Russian gas” – president – RT Top Stories: “Ukraine’s president has said that the country’s gas giant Naftogaz has no money to pay for Russia’s natural gas delivered in December. The sum of the payment comes to $892 million.

Viktor Yushchenko has asked Vladimir Stelmakh, the head of the Ukraine’s national bank (Natsbank), to help solve the problem with paying for the Russian gas.

“Due to a critical situation with the Russian gas payments, I ask the Natsbank board to meet urgently and find the way to solve the problem through the mechanism of repurchase of Ukrainian government securities,” Yushchenko was quoted by Itar-Tass news agency as saying.”

Strangely, Ukraine Fails to Bribe US Government Officials: “While it is no secret that Ukraine is an overly corrupt nation that excels in bribery, the recent attempt to bribe, or some may say blackmail, US officials in order to secure further IMF funding is audacious to ridiculous extremes.” (Read More From Mizozo)