Windows to Russia

Each week, nearly 60,000 children in the United States are reported as abused or neglected, with nearly 900,000 confirmed abuse victims in 2004. About 520,000 of those children end up in foster care each year — double the number 25 years ago. Approximately 800,000 children every year come in contact with the foster care system… […]

This morning while I am looking over the comments around the world, about various subjects that seem to matter. One subject that I see come up time and time again is complaints about buying Chinese made in the USA. So as I sip a cup of coffee, I will tell you how simple it is […]

Russians call it “The Korean Salad” and after I looked around this salad is called “Korean Carrot Salad,” but it is more Russian than Korean. I am amazed at how good this salad is and it took me awhile to find a recipe that would do justice to the amazing salad that you will find […]

I resurrected an passage out of the article that I posted a very long time ago. In fact it was one of the first articles that I ever posted. Here is the article… When I came to Russia I quit smoking. I had smoked 0ver 30 years. Its a good thing! The price of cigarettes […]

This is a subject that I have talked very little about and I am only talking about this subject now out of curiosity. Curiosity that stems from coming from a totally different society and mindset. It simply has to do with people being given their living quarters free and clear, after the fall of the […]

US Asks Russia to Lift Meat Ban: Please take our Tainted Meat, because no one else will… WASHINGTON, on February 11th 2013 has whined “What did we do!”: The US government on Monday called on Russia to lift a ban on US beef and pork imports containing the livestock feed additive ractopamine, which went into […]

While I have eaten horsemeat and rat, snake, alligator and variety of insects and other tasty treats in the world. I am against eating horse meat as a staple. I was raised to believe horses are a member of the family and they work the farm just like the humans work the farm… Not long […]

For years I have talked about Russia buying gold and I have even posted several articles to keep an eye on what they are doing. In fact I have made it clear that Russia is preparing for the future when a petrodollar is no longer a feasible unit of measurement.This is what my coffee thinking’s […]

The government must take into account the opinions of Russian society when considering introducing a special juvenile justice system, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday at a congress of the Russian Parents Opposition group. “The opinion of society, it goes without saying, will be heard and considered. In these issues, there must be no place […]

2014 Winter Olympics Countdown The Winter Olympics, held for the first time in Russia, are to take place from Feb 7 to 23, 2014 in the Black Sea resort of Sochi… Russia has begun the one-year countdown until the Black Sea city of Sochi hosts the Winter Olympic Games. President Vladimir Putin attended the event […]