Windows to Russia

Cemetery: a place that really is not a whole bunch of fun to be in, but yet still interesting and catches the soul, mind and thoughts like no other place on earth. That is how I look at a cemetery and yesterday Sveta and I spent most of the day running around a cemetery… SvetaContinue reading Cemetery Russian Style

Shell Game is a gambling game that makes it hard for the player to win. Unless you are able to see through the shell, the odds are that you have no idea where the ball is at. That ball in this case is S-300 missiles and as Russia shuffles the Shell Game during her chessContinue reading Shell Game: Russian Way

Ractopamine has crushed the US pork industry: I have watched this transaction by China to buy the US company called Smithfield Foods. Smithfield is the largest producer of pork in the world and it should make you do some thinking’s as to why the so called largest pork producer in the world needs to beContinue reading Ractopamine, Russia and China

If the world was a cookbook it would be called “Recipes WW3” and if it was an info-commercial, they would throw volumes: “Recipes WW1 and Recipes WW2!” in as a bonus – “To buy now…” Recipes WW3: So it is time to buy that book of delicious recipes and make yourself a “Seven Course Meal!”Continue reading Recipes WW3 – If the world was a cookbook…

S-300 Missile System: Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has made it clear to AL-Manar TV Lebanon that Syria has received the first batch of Russia-made long-range surface-to-air missiles. It seems that they were received about the time that Israel’s Prime Minister (Benjamin Netanyahu) paid a visit to Russia to speak to Putin about those same missiles…Continue reading S-300 Missile System – Delivered to Syria?

Media Concentration: Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation or media convergence) is a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media. Contemporary research demonstrates increasing levels of consolidation, with many media industries already highly concentrated and dominated by a very small number of firms… Degree ofContinue reading Media Concentration in G8 Countries

S-300 missile systems: Why it was just a few days ago that the western media word was out and about that, “Israel talked Russia out of delivering the S-300 missile systems.” Now Russia made sure to counteract the wishful thinking’s of the western world… “We think this delivery (S-300 missile systems) is a stabilizing factorContinue reading S-300 missile systems: Quote of the Day…

Gazprom from Russia: They say that a dollar does not buy much these days, but I have a gaz (gas) deal for you and it cost a dollar. Now of course there is stipulations that go with that dollar and one of them is that Gazprom will invest $640,000,000 in the next five years toContinue reading Gazprom: The Dollar Deal with Kyrgyzstan

Memorial Day: I sipped that cup of coffee here in Russia and did some thinking’s about Memorial day. The day has several meanings to me and none of them are good. My dad was in Korea, several of my uncles in WW2, Grandpa in WW1 and then me in (Don’t want to talk about it!Continue reading Memorial Day: Silence is the best way…

It is summer and it is also time for a cold salad recipe. In Russia cottage cheese is very abundant and very popular. Cottage cheese in Russia would be better termed “Tvorog” and is ideal for making a salad with. No excess moisture and delicious in flavor… So as usual there is a million versionsContinue reading Recipe: Cottage Cheese Salad: from Russia.