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Sveta has gone to spend the day with her mother and son. Sveta will be back early because it is New Year and she does not like to be away from me on that night. I do not go with her because she spends so much time with me  that I feel that she needsContinue reading Cup of Coffee and New Year Eve…

Sveta and I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year for 2012… 2011 has been an interesting year and we hope that 2012 calms down a whole bunch in comparison. The world needs peace and quiet instead of turmoil and war. So if wishes come true… Peace on Earth and Goodwill to Men… IContinue reading Russian New Year – 2012…

US – NATO attack on Pakistan US – NATO attacked a non NATO Ally Pakistan! The attack was unprovoked, wanton, cowardly and ruthless. It was open aggression and violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty. US – NATO aggression was condemned or Pakistan received support and sympathy from China, Russia, Iran, OIC (Saudi Arabia) – Turkey. Even UKContinue reading Geopolitics of Confusion: by Nadir Mir…

This week, a bill that would create America’s first Internet censorship system is going to a full committee for a vote, and is likely to pass. This week, millions of us will protest censorship, censoring our own posts and asking you to call Congress. We need your help – please make a call right now.Continue reading Stop Internet Censorship…

These are just some of the hundreds of photos that we take. I find these interesting and they all have a story. Just read under each one to help understand. These were taken over the last few months… The power cords are one of my favorites because the woman was dragging her machine to cleanContinue reading How About Some Photos From Sveta and I, as we run around Russia and Ukraine…

Once upon a time: Attila the Hun, Napoleon of France and Alexander the Great were having a deep meaningful discussion. They were talking about what could have been… Attila the Hun said, shaking his head sadly: “If I had machine guns, I would have conquered all of Europe!” Alexander the Great said: “That is nothing.Continue reading Nobody Would Know I Was Defeated by Russia…

A train in Russia is not a train with out steaming hot water and a constant supply of tea. I have seen Russians tolerate trains that are -30 below zero, +40 above zero and they tolerate drunks, smokers and loud mouths, but when the car we ride in does not have hot water for hotContinue reading Russian Trains and Tea…

A new metro station, the world’s deepest, will be opened in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia. (?) The new station is called Admiralteiskaya and lies over 100 meters (330ft) below the surface… Looks like this has been a long and hard project that had many obstacles in its way to completion. So for three decades thisContinue reading Worlds Deepest Metro Station (Subway Station) in Russia…

While I personally do not call this a Russian recipe. (I do not say that too loud here in Russia though.) They (Russians) seem to think that all food started in Russia and if you have served it before and are not Russian, you just copied it from the Russians… I have to attest thatContinue reading Recipe from Russia: Crumbed Cauliflower…

Gotta love it and right now the Western press is having a cow over what Russia has just done. I have always said that it is a example of the pot calling the kettle black and now the kettle struck back. I mean the Western press is flat out screaming. There are hundreds of articlesContinue reading Russia says: If you can do it we can do it too!