Windows to Russia

UnionPay a Chinese Credit Card… Things are changing and I know that most western people are being left behind. The very least people can do is to keep abreast of the financial changes all over the world. Why? Okay I guess that is a fair question, because the world financial power shift has reached a […]

Carp pond… (above) You can not sanction this gigantic Fish farm we live near; The equipment is all home made, or Russian made and or Soviet made. The fish hauling trucks are all old Soviet made. Why even the owners drive nothing but brand new Uaz and Gaz trucks and vans. But then while they […]

I do not think like many Americans, for if I did, I would not be in Russia, I would not travel the world and I would not enjoy life in freedom…

And once upon a time, in a land called America, the people would come in from their mountain cabins, farms, and mill towns with their young ones to joy in the closeness of community on warm sultry summer nights. The American dream was never about grand mansions, designer wear, exotic vacations, health clubs, silicone implants, […]

Yesterday was a church holiday and it had something to do with bee honey. The Orthodox put much stock in honey and consider it a very important food source for health. The monastery here has dozens of hives and they sell their honey for income generation. I have to say, nothing better than monastery honey, […]

I have written many times about how Russia lobs a shell over the bow and gives a warning. We call it a warning shot across the bow. Russia’s latest shot was the food ban of countries that sanction her for no reason… This sixteen billion dollar warning shot is not against the USA, it is […]

Sooner or later parts wear out, no matter how hard you try to keep it from happening. I had an original part that was stuck and I was not sure that I could get it removed from our Volga we call Sammy. Sammy was sick and I had been trying to solve her issues with […]

In the Russian Village it is only one way when it comes to men and women. The men are up very early and the women sleep as long as they possibly can. Sveta and I are the same way and when our women leave us alone, then we get up even earlier. Today as I […]

Han Ximin ximhan@126.com SHENZHEN officially signed a deal yesterday with Beijing Institute of Technology and Romonosov Moscow State University for the cooperative China-Russia University, which will be built at Universiade New Town in Longgang District. With the expertise of the two universities combined, the Shenzhen campus will cultivate talent required for cultural, educational and technological […]

This morning a new load of beams was delivered to the Ukrainians working on the bell tower. They have installed new beams in two complete floors of the bell tower and they are working on the third today. They have used all the bricks lying around and have rebuilt walls all over the place inside […]