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US President Barack Obama has announced he will attend the G20 summit in St. Petersburg this September. A meeting between Russian and US defense and foreign ministers will also be scheduled for later this week in Washington. Although Obama canceled Wednesday his Moscow summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the G20 summit, itContinue reading Winners and losers in Snowden fiasco

In Russia it is common to see teens and adults riding the trains on the outside. They somehow think it is cute and brave. Sveta caught these two teens hitching a ride on the very back of the train. The train has an engine on either end as then it does not have to beContinue reading The Definition of Stupid in a Photo

All the time, I see and hear questions pertaining to what this photo shows. This is an age old issue with America and it looks like it will never change… Russia is not confused by this double standards of the US, but what Russia does know is that because of issues like this photo shows.Continue reading What the World sees is not Good…

Moscow Interfax – Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who has recently received temporary residence permit in Russia, might be invited to work as an expert for the Parliament, a lawmaker said Tuesday. “I am going to discuss with Snowden possible cooperation with a working group (dealing with citizens’ privacy rights and personal data security),”Continue reading Snowden offered job at Russian parliament?

A few days before it “happens” the notices go up in the lobby of the building you live it. Then the flurry of vacation requests are put in at work by everyone and then everyone tries to leave for the dachas while it “happens.” The poor wretched few that hang around to endure the resultsContinue reading It’s the Famous Happening – Shut the Hot water Down

It is cold this morning and summer has faded. Summer faded in the middle of July and the weather showed signs of autumn coming, but even the most ardent lovers of winter do not wish for a summer so short. I have explained before that winter is the longest season in Russia, with fall nextContinue reading Russia, Sun and some coffee thoughts

The dragonfly according to my grandmother was about changing and a sense of self. Folktales say that if a dragonfly lands on you it is a sign that you will hear good news from someone dear. I also just read that in Japanese paintings they are the symbol for new light and joy, happiness, courageContinue reading Dragonfly…

It has become increasingly clear now why the United States government is so anxious to crack down on whistle-blowers, pursuing over 20 charges against Bradley Manning, a US soldier who gave secret government and military documents to WikiLeaks, hunting down former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden who revealed the NSA’s vast surveillance programmes  aroundContinue reading US crusade to hide the truth of spying by Chen Weihua

Russia gave Snowden papers to cross the border and he is now officially in Russia. Look for the western media to go off the deep end and watch the administration of the US, screech like a wounded hoot owl… I am proud of Russia, can’t say the same about the American government and the peopleContinue reading Snowden Crossed Border Into Russia…

Vladimir Putin the Russian president has requested directives to change and facilitate better visa standards for tourism. The president has requested that by November 1st, 2013 that a plan to reduce the pressures of getting a visa for tourists from all over the world be presented to him, so that it can be implemented byContinue reading Putin says, “Make Russia Tourist Friendly!”