Windows to Russia

On September 4-5, Wales hosted the most recent NATO summit. But instead of addressing real issues related to the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan and the crises in Iraq, Syria and Libya, the allies obsessed over the mythical Russian threat. Moscow, which released a sensible peace plan for southeastern Ukraine the day before the […]

Above: Dmitry Medvedev with Vedomosti Editor-in-Chief Tatyana Lysova, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Kirill Kharatyan and Economics Desk Editor Filipp Sterkin (Link) Question: Clearly, events surrounding the crisis in Ukraine and Crimea’s unification with Russia have had a big impact on the economy and the investment climate. Businesses now face a different environment than they were expecting. People […]

(Reuters) – Argentina, which defaulted on its debt in July, will receive the first tranche of a multi-billion dollar currency swap operation with China’s central bank before the end of this year, the South American country’s La Nacion newspaper reported on Sunday. The swap will allow Argentina to bolster its foreign reserves or pay for […]

I watched an interview by Russian media with the Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko. He made many good comments, but I liked these that he said about the Ukraine conflict… “In whose interests is this? This is Uncle Sam from across the ocean constantly pushing everyone to this slaughter. And let us be frank – there […]

Navy noodles – Macaroni Po-flotski (Makaroni Po-flotski) recipe… Oh seriously, I just love this dish. This is some of the best food in the world and actually I like one thing better and that is called SOS or @#$% On Shingle (SOS) as we called it in the army. But enough reminiscing, back to Navy […]

Above: It was just a little lie… UPDATE BEGIN: Moscow, September 05. /ITAR-TASS/. Moscow will not be publishing the transcript of a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and considers this issue closed after the EC admitted that the words of the Russian leader were snatched out […]

Yesterday I stepped out of the village home and realized that Mother-nature has changed the seasons and it happened just instantly. Here in Russia I have talked several times about how summer is very short and actually spring and fall are just as short, then Old Man Winter has his way for at least 2/3 […]

“On my way here from [the city of] Blagoveschensk to Ulan-Bator [Mongolia], I outlined some ideas and plan of actions. It’s here, but in handwriting,” Putin told reporters. 1. Militias should cease military advances in the Donetsk and Lugansk Regions. 2. Pro-Kiev armed forces should withdraw to a distance that excludes the possibility of shelling […]

I got up at 5 am and built a ladder today, a ladder to permanently make access to the attic. It is mounted with brackets top and bottom. The old one was dangerous and there was no way that I could use it… (below)

I have a question; Why is there two sets of rules? The set of rules that accused Putin and Russia with no evidence and now a set of rules that say we have rules and we have to be careful how we release this report…