Day: August 13, 2010

Russia To Make Decision On American Chicken…


A commercial meat chicken production house in ...
Florida Chickens…

Russia stuck to her guns and the USA has given in. The chicken war is possibly coming to an end. I have been talking about this issue for around a year. This is an old problem that America refused to deal with for years before Russia said, No More……

As of the first day of this year 2010,  Russia showed the USA that they were not bluffing. America took the stance that you need our chicken and Russian producers have shown that Russia does not need American chicken to be imported…

MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) -The two biggest U. S. poultry producers have proposed programs for rearing poultry in line with Russian requirements, Russia’s food safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said on Friday.The Koch Poultry and Mountaire Farms firms presented the programs at a meeting with Rosselkhoznadzor head Sergei Dankvert.

Under the program, the U.S. companies will provide information about the antibiotic residue content in all poultry they export to Russia.

The management of the companies said they were ready to provide additional data about production if necessary.

The USA has given into the demands of what the Russians considered to be bad for your health. Excess chlorine, water and antibiotics in American raised chicken…

The USA has finally agreed to all stipulations of what Russia has demanded and now they wait for the answer…

I would suggest that chicken coming from America better toe the line because Russia will end the chicken imports forever if they lie. So as of now some chicken has been shipped but that is all on a send it and we will test it situation…

Russia is weighing the importance of the need to even resume American chicken imports because Russian producers have compensated with no issues in the market place. In fact I have seen a decrease in chicken prices. Sveta and I eat almost only chicken with a little fish and so this is an important decision to us. We will be continuing to support the Russian chicken companies no matter what the Russian government does about American chicken…

http://windowstorussia.com/russia-looks-away-from-american-chicken.html

Windows to Russia!

Big Update on this issue: Russia has a few more demands. 🙂

US blasts Russia over poultry trade snag:

President Barack Obama‘s top trade official accused Moscow on Wednesday of “unreasonably” delaying the resumption of US poultry exports to Russia with an 11th-hour demand for plant inspections.

“It’s just not acceptable,” US Trade Representative Ron Kirk told reporters after a Senate hearing on agricultural exports, adding that US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and other officials were trying to resolve the issue.

“I hope it’s not necessary but we, you know, if necessary we’ll be asking the president to intercede again,” Vilsack told reporters on a conference call later.

Kirk said Washington wants to help Moscow reach its goal of joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), but “it’s issues like this, on poultry, that continue to frustrate us, frankly, and make us question their resolve to operate in a rules-based system.”

The US Department of Agriculture gave the green light in late July for US poultry exporters to resume shipments to Russia after nearly a seven-month ban by what was once the largest foreign market for US chicken.

On January 1, Russia banned the import of chicken treated with chlorinated water, a procedure commonly used by US producers to disinfect.

Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced a deal to end the dispute after talks at the White House in late June.

Kirk said the “new wrinkle” was a demand by Moscow to send inspectors to verify that US poultry plants meet the agreement’s protocols, stranding exports that “literally” were “packed and ready to go.”

“It’s just not acceptable. We have an agreement, we’ve signed it, we’ve met that protocol, the USDA put out a list of what the plants were that met the protocol and we’re ready to resume shipments now,” he said.

“The frustration is that it just seems to always be something new, but the notion of having to come and inspect plants we think will just unnecessary and unreasonably delay the process and it’s not compliant with what we’ve agreed to,” Kirk told reporters.

Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss noted that the US Senate would soon weigh the new START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Moscow, yet “here we are, not being able to trust the Russians to keep their word on the imports of chickens into Russia.”

The United States gave Moscow a list of US Department of Agriculture-approved poultry processing facilities that meet the criteria of the accord, according to a spokeswoman for Kirk, Nefeterius Akeli McPherson.

“Russian food safety officials are now asking to inspect and approve the US shipping facilities themselves, which was not included in the agreement that Russia signed,” she said.

“USTR and USDA officials are reminding our Russian counterparts strongly of their obligation to resume immediately acceptance of shipments of US poultry that meet the protocol set out in the agreement that Russia signed last month. There should be no further delay,” she said.

The poultry industry accounts for more than 500,000 jobs across the United States and over the last three years, US poultry exports to Russia had averaged more than 800 million dollars, according to US lawmakers from producer states.

This kinda stuff makes you smile and go Hummm…. 🙂 🙂

Windows to Russia!

Russia: Dollar Drops – Euro up, According to Central Bank!


MOSCOW, June 3 (RIA Novosti) – The official dollar rate set by the Russian Central Bank from June 4 is 23.6968 rubles, down 5.05 kopeks from Tuesday, the Central Bank said.

The official euro rate for Wednesday is 36.8699 rubles, up 0.02 kopeks from Tuesday.

Moscow has worked very hard to keep the dollar from crashing in Russia! Every time that Moscow gets a rise in the dollar it slides a little more the opposite direction, in a few days……

Kyle & Svet

  • Russian Bonds Reach Record in Anti-Inflation Push (businessweek.com)
  • Russia Banks Flock to Foreign Debt Market as Deposits at Record (businessweek.com)
  • Russia: Poverty! (windowstorussia.com)
  • Drought Sends Ruble Forwards to Three-Month High on Inflation (businessweek.com)
  • Russia adds Canadian dollar to reserves (financialpost.com)
  • Bank Rossii Bonds Hit Record $34 Billion in Anti-Inflation Push (businessweek.com)

Its a Russian Thing!


Russians Carry Blastic Bags...

I walk the streets of Moscow and I have noticed a peculiar thing that I find unusual.

Everyone, including children and men carry plastic bags, some small, some big, some in back pockets and some really pretty. They are used to carry any and everything. It is almost a fashion statement for many. The bags usually have a place of business on them. They are fabulous advertisement. My favorite are the big bags that you get at the department stores. They are heavy plastic and will last months.

My Wife, carries one everyday. When I meet her at the bus stop I take the bag. It usually weighs 10,000 kilos. has everything from a book she is reading to boiled Quail eggs. I do not know how she carries it. 🙂

Also, Russian women still carry purses, on top of carrying the bag. Also, in side the bag, you will find more bags, ready to be put in service.

I tried to ignore this bag thing, for I came from America and no self respecting man would carry a bag everywhere. I lost the battle!

Now I carry a bag in my back pocket, So that I can carry treasures that I find on my excursions around Moscow. 🙂

Windows to Russia!

PS:
I even saw the people in small Villages carry the bags also.

America Crys Foul but Russia Will Start Irans Nuclear Plant…


Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant...

Against the wishes of the USA. Russia is launching the Iran Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. The date has been set for August 21, the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) said on Friday.

Rosatom spokesman Sergei Novikov told RIA Novosti that the first reactor at the Bushehr NPP would be loaded with nuclear fuel on August 21.

“From then on, it [the reactor] will be qualified as [an operational] nuclear power plant,” Novikov said.

A Russian delegation headed by Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko will attend the launch ceremony.

The United States has called for Russia to delay the start up until Iran proves that it’s not developing nuclear weapons. Russian officials said that the latest official U.N. sanctions against Iran will not get in the way or affect the Bushehr project. The additional sanctions that have been imposed by America and the Eu are non binding sanctions that have hindered more than helped the situation with Iran…

The construction of Iran’s first nuclear plant was begun in 1975 by several German construction companies. They pulled out following a U.S. embargo on high-technology supplies to Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the subsequent U.S. Embassy siege in Tehran.

Russia signed a contract with Iran to complete construction in February 1998.

On June 9, 2010, the UN Security Council approved a fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, including tougher financial controls and an expanded arms embargo, as well as an asset ban on three dozen companies and a travel freeze on individuals. Those sanctions were specifically exercised to exclude many Russian and Chinese projects so that America could get them on board. Later, the United States and the European Union imposed extra sanctions against Iran, including tougher restrictions on the energy sector and a tougher trade embargo. this then started the backslide of help from China and Russia on future sanction projects…

Even though the construction of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant has not been affected by the UN sanctions against Iran. America has increased her sanctions and now has repeatedly increased the pressured on Russia to drop the project and go along with all aspects of what America has sanctioned against Iran. The debates in America’s congress centers on this subject about the defiance and psychotic relationship that Russia has with Iran.

Russia has woke and seen the truth…

Windows to Russia!

  • Russia: Iran’s nuclear plant to start next week (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
  • Russian nuclear agency says launch of of Iran’s first nuclear plant will begin next week (foxnews.com)
  • Russia says to load fuel in Iran reactor on Aug 21 (msnbc.msn.com)
  • Iran nuclear plant launch beckons (bbc.co.uk)
  • Iran’s first nuclear power plant set for launch Aug. 21 (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Russia objects to EU Iran sanctions (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
  • You: Bushehr nuclear plant construction unaffected by Iran sanctions: Russia Foreign ministry (nation.com.pk)
  • Russia says Iran reactor will start up in August (reuters.com)
  • Russia Ready to Launch Iranian Nuclear Power Plant (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Russian official: Iran’s reactor ready by August (seattletimes.nwsource.com)

Man – this is a big item in Western Press…  Hummmmm!