Windows to Russia

A proposal was put forward by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev following a serious attack on Oleg Kashin, who is a journalist for the Kommersant daily, on Saturday. The proposal was that journalists in Russia be given the same status for protection that is available to politicians or police… As I heard from the grapevine all […]

The man believed responsible for exposing a Russian spy ring in the US has been named by Kommersant as Colonel Shcherbakov…. Original Russian article… Wanna talk about the webs we weave… The ID of the traitor has not been made public officially by the Kremlin. But, Kommersant expresses that the turncoat is Colonel Shcherbakov, former […]

The new Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has disclosed the cities anti-congestion strategy, aimed at resolving the ever-worsening traffic issue in the Russian capital. Boy, this is going to be interesting… ­1. Traffic control: ­First and foremost, the strategy includes establishing an intelligent transport control center based on the GLONASS navigation system. The center will regulate […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and doing some thinking’s… Sveta grumbled last night about how stupid politics are. She said that she is tired of politics! I smiled and asked what is wrong? She said that soon we will definitely have to call the Militia by the name of Police… Today, Nov […]

Russia has more smokers than any other country according to a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report, presented to the Russian health ministry on Tuesday. The WHO survey, conducted in 2009, found that Russia has 43.9 million smokers, which makes up 40 percent of the population. The survey also revealed that 60 percent of Russian […]

I really thought that I had said all I was going to say about the reporter (Oleg) that was beaten… But then the USA said, “The U.S. called on Russian authorities to find and punish the people responsible for the “heinous” beating near to death of Kommersant reporter Oleg Kashin.” Then I came across two […]

You see, the photo above was taken just a few days before she died. That is her house, this lady lived in this village all her life. She was part of the heart and soul of the village that I love very much. She had a beautiful home and she ran the local General Store […]

As Windows to Russia passes the 2100 article (post) milestone. I am sitting here drinking that cup of coffee and doing some thinking. The thinking’s that come with realizations that push ancient thoughts out of my brain… I was thinking about the START treaty and listening to Moscow express the dissatisfaction of the America political […]