A Plea for Caution From Russia By Vladimir V. Putin

MOSCOW — RECENT events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies. Relations between us have passed through different stages. We stood against each other during the cold war. But we were […]

Good one, President Putin by Ron Bryan

Russian President Putin knows a lot more about Syria than our President Obama does. President Putin wrote an op-ed piece for the New York Times a few days ago. He presents a well-written article on his perspective of the Syrian situation. Here is a link to that article: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html?pagewanted=all I don’t want to belittle our […]

Demonizing Putin Endangers America’s Security by Stephen F. Cohen

Instead of embracing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to save Washington from another disastrous war—his plan would put Syria’s chemical weapons under international control and destroy them—influential segments of the American political-media establishment are bent on discrediting him and thus in effect the alternative to war he represents. Still worse, purportedly liberal and progressive voices […]

Church of meteorite in Russia

The founder of the cult of the meteorite church is strongly against the operation to bring the chunk out of the lake, claiming that as long as the meteorite stays at the bottom of the lake, it is “in a positive environment”. “Contact with outsiders, who treat it as an average stone, can violate the […]

“Truth in a Nutshell” or you may say also, “A picture is worth a thousand words…”

September 16, 2013 | Vol. 182 No. 12 Read more: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601130916,00.html#ixzz2f2lr6xod This is called “Truth in a Nutshell” or you may say also, A picture is worth a thousand words… America is that scared of the truth? We live in a wall surrounded lie? The USA media is bought and paid for? Still not understanding? […]

You Want This Fish?

via sergeydolya I travel a lot and take pictures. In my reports, I’m trying to tell you about this country so that you have the impression that you were there with me. I do not miss the small details and do not publish standard tourist shots. I do not write the guide in the countries, […]