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President Medvedev’s supporters from Russia’s Big Government launched a new site late Friday -Rossiyabezdurakov.rf. (Russia without fools) where visitors can report any absurd or simply stupid bureaucratic decisions… http://россиябездураков.рф/ is the site. If you are English speaking and wish to see what it is about, use Google translation. I tried it to see if theContinue reading Russians have a place to sound off now: Compliments of Medvedev…

Russia will not allow the Libyan scenario to be repeated in the region’s other countries. A statement to this effect was made by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as he summarized the results of the year 2011 and outlined the agenda for 2012 at a news conference on Wednesday. Many of the conflicts that brokeContinue reading Interesting Article: Russia Fires the Warning Shot Across the Bow…

I was thinking this morning over that cup of coffee that I would update what is happening on Windows to Russia and sub-domains. Yesterday was the first full day of smooth running, at least what was presented to the world as visible. It was a relief to my heart condition, I will tell you that.Continue reading Cup of Coffee and Saturday Morning in Russia…

MOSCOW, January 20 (Itar-Tass) — No Internet censorship will be imposed in Russia, Communications Minister Igor Shchyogolev assured in his article published in the Vedomosti newspaper site on Friday. In the article, he commented on the scandal bill under consideration in the United States on protection of intellectual property in the Internet (SOPA). Major InternetContinue reading “The Internet is freer in Russia than in the West!”: says Communications Minister Igor Shchyogolev

Yesterday was a ride and a half. This time our site was down but not because anyone was after Windows to Russia for once. This time it was the reverse effect and what an effect it had. I felt sorry for our host after I realized what was happening. It was not their fault thatContinue reading Anonymous calls it the single largest Internet attack in its history, and it crippled the biggest sites for the US government and entertainment industry…

A U.S. court has issued a summons to the woman who adopted a seven-year-old Russian boy and later put him on a plane back to Moscow with a note saying that she didn’t want him anymore. The woman who is Tory-Ann Hansen, has been ordered to appear at a child support hearing… Hansen has refusedContinue reading Update on Artyom the discarded adopted Russian boy…

Sveta and I have been busy. Very busy! Windows to Russia resides on a VPS server now located in downtown Moscow, Russia. What is a VPS server? Glad you asked: A virtual private server (VPS) is a term used by Internet hosting services to refer to a virtual machine. The term is used for emphasizingContinue reading Coffee and A Server in Russia: Sigh of Relief – right now…

Russia can export up to 250,000 tons of poultry meat on foreign markets in 2012 and Russia is planning to bring this figure to 400,000 tonnes by 2015. All the while keeping the domestic market saturated at the same time with home grown chicken… This is a bold statement from a country just a fewContinue reading The Russian Chicken is Getting to be a World Chicken…

Russia’s tiny but vocal Pirate Party joined on Wednesday in the global campaign against anti-piracy bills in the U.S. Congress that it says will jeopardize Russia’s emerging internet-dependent democracy and infringe on internet freedom… “If these bills are adopted, U.S. judges would get the legal right to block the Russian social network Vkontakte as internetContinue reading Pirate Party of Russia: Anti-piracy bills in the U.S. – jeopardizes Russia’s internet-dependent democracy…