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South Korea to hold artillery drills near border with North: South Korea plans this weekend to hold artillery drills on the island in the Yellow Sea that was attacked by North Korea last month, the Yonhap news agency said on Thursday. Russia and India fix T.50 fighter design contract cost at $295 mln:Russia and IndiaContinue reading Russian News Time… (12/16/2010)

MOSCOW, December 16 (Itar-Tass) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will hold his ninth annual Q & A session with the people of Russia on Thursday, December 16 2010. A special program titled “A Conversation with Vladimir Putin, Continued” will go on air on the Russia 1 and Russia 24 television channels at midday onContinue reading Putin Answers Questions!

I was drinking that morning cup of coffee after walking the dog. Boza was glad that him and I could tromp through the snow and check out our special places that we always go to. Sveta had been walking Boza since I was feeling rough… So now Boza and I are walking again… 🙂 SoContinue reading Coffee and Teaching in Russia…

{Guest Post} A day after the November 23rd Yŏnpyŏngdo attack, Justin Raimondo rightly noted that “the South Koreans were conducting military ‘exercises’ near the disputed island, which North Korea claims as its territory, and South Korean ships had opened fire,” going on to suggest that “the military exercises, code-named ‘Hoguk,’ involving all four branches ofContinue reading South Korea is Provoking North Korea?

The American Senate is going to try (attempt) to pass a proposed nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia (START) as early as today, even though Republican’s say that there is too little time before Christmas breaks this year to properly study the disputed treaty. They express that they need time to explore the details ofContinue reading Will The START Treaty Be Passed in the American Senate?

Now that we (USA) have officially extended our Afghanistan withdrawal to 2014 and or beyond. Time article Read More Here >>>>>> The only question left is how long will the longest war in American history be and will it take us into a grave like the Soviet version of the war back in 79 toContinue reading Has America Taken the Soviet Path to Fail?

This morning I did not get to walk the dog. Sveta took him for a walk before she took off for the day to the Gazprombank. As I said a few days ago that I am feeling rough and at that time had to take a nitro to get going for the day. I haveContinue reading Coffee and Pondering in Russia…

MOSCOW — Mikhail D. Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire who owns the New Jersey Nets basketball team, rolled out another pet project on Monday: Russia’s first gas-electric hybrid car. The designers of the Yo claim that at about 67 miles a gallon, or 3.5 liters per 100 kilometers, it will achieve better fuel economy than theContinue reading Billionaire Backs a Gas-Electric Hybrid Car to Be Built in Russia

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & was looking over comments made earlier. We had asked Ludmila, one of our readers to explain about Christmas in Bulgaria! This is what she wrote….. Hi, Svetlana and Kyle! This is how Bulgarians celebrate Christmas and New Year: Although Bulgaria has Orthodox Church, the people celebrateContinue reading A Bulgarian Christmas…