Windows to Russia

Where is the ‘reset’?

Sveta found the OutdoorLife article for me and I read it this morning while sipping my coffee. Outdoor life was my last and best subscription that I ever had on a magazine (It ended two months before I came to Russia!). I love the articles and since I was an avid hunter and fisherman. TheContinue reading Coffee and Putin and that OutdoorLife Article Interview…

When Sveta and I go on vacation we like to take lots of pictures of what we see. This little video to the right is a group of clowns that Sveta and I found performing on the streets of Odessa. It was Victory day in Russia and Ukraine or also called May Holidays. It isContinue reading Victory Day or May Holidays In Odessa, Ukraine…

Much Ado About Nothing

Putin reveals outdoor passions in US interview: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke of his passion for fishing and extolled the virtues of the outdoor life in an unusual interview with a US hunting and fishing magazine published on Wednesday. “I value more and more what sport has given me, the habit of a healthyContinue reading Putin Gives an Interview to Outdoor Life Magazine…

Today as promised we will take a picture tour into the Privoz Market. It was said to have began in 1827. It is a buyers paradise and anything (I mean anything) can be found there somewhere… It seems that the main market is devoted to foods and then as the market grew it encompassed aContinue reading Lets Take a Look at the Odessa Market in Ukraine or Really the Privoz Market…

While sipping that morning cup of coffee. I was doing some thinking’s on the Russian presidency. The media either from the West or East, has “their panties all in a twist” trying to figure out what is going on with Medvedev and Putin… The articles either extenuates or exasperates the situation according to what everContinue reading Coffee and That Russian Presidency Situation…

Kremlin Tells Kids Opposition Is Important I found this link above (Click the далее button!) interesting, but it is in Russian. So some English information to get you started below… Entrance page has a little statement on it. It goes something like this… “Do you like when you and I do not agree? Argue, argue,Continue reading The Opposition: Interesting Link for Those Interested in What Russia is Up To…

Russia will not back a possible UN Security Council resolution on Syria, President Dmitry Medvedev told a Skolkovo press conference outside Moscow on Wednesday… “I will never support such a resolution, and even my closest friends will not be able to prod me to do so”, Medvedev said… Political unrest shows no signs of abatingContinue reading Looks Like Medvedev Learned th Hard way From Libya Escapade…