Letnie Schi or Russian Green Soup

Letnie Schi is one of my favorite soups in Russia. Russians have long been only using what is available in Russia. That means most of the foods are only what can be produced and bought locally. This soup is a perfect example of making something from what you have on hand at all times and

Vladimir Putin: Red is the Color of the Line…

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, issued a blunt warning to the west tonight not to arm Syrian rebels who “eat the organs” of their enemies. Following talks in Downing Street with David Cameron, he said the brutal behavior of the rebels was inconsistent with the “humanitarian and cultural values” of Europe. While he strongly defended

War is We and So We Are: USA

War that’s what we do! We are a aggressive and dangerous country. Lets just for sanity sake start around the early 1980’s. Most people have some knowledge of that time frame. So what was and is the US up to in the world of wars? War just a few: 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident 1982

N7000 Note has found a Rom

N7000 Note of mine made by Samsung, has been struggling to settle with a decent Rom. I have tried them all and I mean all of them. I finally went to Sammobile and downloaded the original Gingerbread stock Rom for my phone in Russia. Then I started from scratch and used PC Odin… Once I

Protests but it really is a holiday

Protests Against Putin: The western media is full of “Thousands and thousands protest against Putin,” but they all forgot to mention that it was a holiday (Russia Day) and that is really why all the people were out… Protests not a holiday… Since the west does not have a holiday called “Russia Day,” then it

Filter All Water: We do in Russia

I had a thought today: Here in Russia we filter all drinking water. We filter the water no matter what! We have pitchers with replaceable charcoal filters and we simply filter our water to get out the stuff put in it. We do not filter it to make it safe from bacteria and natural stuff,

Happy “Russia Day”: 12 of June, 2013

Russia Day (День России Den Rossii) is the national day, celebrated on June 12. On this day, in 1990, Russian parliament formally declared Russian sovereignty from the USSR, unlike all other ex-Soviet republics which declared complete state independence , Russian independence was less radical, and coexistence of Russian and USSR state power had a place