Windows to Russia

In Russia, (just like in most of the world) they drink lots of beer. Well for the really thirsty beer drinker they have a super sized beer bottle…..

Sveta and I have a real issue in Russia finding shoes to fit me. I wear a size 49 Russian style and that equates into a size 14 and a half, American style… In America sometimes I could find my size in a good work shoe from Dr. Sholl’s and they were made in China. […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee here in Moscow, Russia! I was thinking about a little fun I had yesterday with another blog that decided to insult me and call me various sorts of names. They even included my Sweetie, Svet in their attacks and that kinda upset the old Bear…. But today […]

World Debt to GDP… Russia’s government debt will be kept under 20% of GDP in the next few years, Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday… The debt will only be 11% of the country’s GDP by the end of the year 2010, 13.6% of GDP by the end of 2011, 15.7% by the end of 2012 […]

A big issue in the news in Russia is Renault – a car company that has a 25% stake in AvtoVaz. Needs to share 25% in the needed capital to keep AvtoVaz afloat. Renault already has received €3 billion in its state support to keep its head above water. But now Putin has said, What […]

Just simply a post of pictures of our village, the area and surrounding villages… We have tons of pictures but only room for a few. Maybe if people want we would post some more… Life is wonderful at the village… Windows to Russia! Thoughts from Russia with Coffee… (windowstorussia.com) Fires are Dwindling – Our Village […]

New law went into effect not long ago in Russia. A warning must cover about a third of the front of the pack of cigarettes… Sveta took this picture of one of her colleagues cigarette pack… Nice simple to the point warning… курение убивает Smoking Kills Yup it sure does… Windows to Russia!

Lets have some news from Russia with our morning cup of coffee or tea: The Bank of Russia sold a little over $1bn worth of foreign currency on the domestic market in September, First Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev told journalists today. The regulator sold $0.6bn worth of foreign currency on […]