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MOSCOW, December 31. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Security Service has detained US citizen Paul Whelan in Moscow on suspicion of espionage, the public relations center said on Monday. “On December 28, 2018 staff members of the Russian Federal Security Service detained US citizen Paul Whelan in Moscow while on a spy mission,” the center said. A […]

“Ossetrina pod Syrom” (Sturgeon Baked with cheese) recipe a Russian fish dish… This is a fine New Year and or Christmas dish to serve the family. Since it is still not New Year and Russians Christmas is New Year, then make a fish dish for your family and watch them eat it up. I suggest […]

This is kinda the end of the year post. At least the thinking’s that I am doing. I will toss a few more around before 2019 gets here, but this is the grand finale of 2018… If money was the factor that drove me like it does so many people in the world. Then I […]

Liver and or Hearts in Sour Cream recipe. So good and so rich, but also a inexpensive type meal to fix. You either like liver/hearts or you don’t and for those that do, yummy time… Russians love foods like this. First off it uses the most beloved sour cream and then it allows cheap good […]

China’s Zhejiang Province, home to e-commerce giant Alibaba, shipped over 10 billion parcels this year, according to the province’s postal administration on Wednesday. The figure is equal to nearly 80 percent of the number of deliveries made by the entire express delivery industry in the United States, and double the number of deliveries in Japan, […]

Remember that we still have Christmas coming, or the Russian New Year…. Therefore Santa Clause or Ded Moroz as Russians call him, is getting ready to bring gifts for everyone… So as I have said, the Russians are now getting into the swing of things and here comes the New Year… This video below is […]

yup from Kyle keeton on Vimeo. What’s not good for the beehive can’t be good for the bees. With our planet facing peril from global issues like climate change, we all need to find a way to set common goals and work together. What’s the best way forward? Pan Pan the Panda has some ideas. […]

Squids in tomato sauce recipe: Russians love squid. The stores have dried squid, frozen squid, fresh squid, canned squid and just about any way you can imagine. Squid is a favorite with shots of vodka also… A good holiday meal is to serve squid, therefore, lets have squid. I myself just love squid and eat […]

I was drinking my second cup of coffee and thinking about Christmas. Christmas on the 25th of December is not on the agenda in Russia. With the exception of a few people here and there, the Western Style Christmas is non existent… It is strange to me to not feel the full blown hustle and […]

Today I went to the store and grabbed some turkey and other goodies. It is going to be a very simple meal for Christmas, because Svetochka and I really try to keep from gaining too much weight….not easy for us, but we try… Thirteen Christmases in Russia….I am a teenage in time in Russia, thirteen […]