Windows to Russia

Yesterday all the plans were set aside and anything that either Sveta or I had to do was delayed. I had to go to the doctor and have some issues checked out and that is what we did. I will not go into details about the visit to the doctor as I have told many […]

About a week ago, we went shopping for a new camera for Sveta. Now Sveta loves to take pictures and her old camera was still doing okay, but I could see where it was starting to weaken in the battery department and it did not have a replaceable battery. The Kodak camera that she had […]

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin told Saudi Arabia in a very nice way, that Russia will not be bought and offering bribery in the way of purchasing weapons to drop support for Assad in Syria will not work… Vladimir Putin rejected Saudi Arabia’s proposal of $15 billion in weapons contract and protections of Russia’s gas […]

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, it […]

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 be […]

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. […]

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),” […]

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 results […]

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 next […]

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, courage […]