Windows to Russia

Svetochka loves her Sammy the Volga and no other car matters! And that is just right….but… The largest Russian automobile exhibition, the Moscow International Automobile Salon – MIAS 2018, started on August 29 in the capital’s exhibition complex Crocus Expo. The leaders of the mass segment are returning to the exhibition, promising premieres and novelties,Continue reading Be nice to go see, but Svetochka would probably not like to look at cars?

MOSCOW, August 29. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his televised address on Wednesday the retirement age for women should be 60 rather than 63.”The retirement age for women should not increase more than for men. That’s why I believe it is necessary to reduce the increase in the retirement age for women proposedContinue reading Has been interesting to watch this develop…

We got home safe and sound. Traffic in Moscow really, really, really and did I say Really? Sucks. But we got home. You have to understand, everyone is coming back from the villages and dachas….school time! Russians: They are back from the Dachas Last night the playground at our flats was packed to the gillsContinue reading The soap opera called the Tiny Russian Village…

“But two years later, the vital Kremlin informants have largely gone silent, leaving the C.I.A. and other spy agencies in the dark”… WASHINGTON — In 2016, American intelligence agencies delivered urgent and explicit warnings about Russia’s intentions to try to tip the American presidential election — and a detailed assessment of the operation afterward —Continue reading Guess USA admits that we spy on Russia, NYT says so…

New noiseless and environment-friendly vehicles will be used in the VDNKh area. The first 10 electric buses will come into service on 1 September, ahead of the planned deadline. They will serve the routes in the VDNKh area, Deputy Moscow Mayor and Head of the Department of Transport and Road Infrastructure Development Maxim Liksutov said.Continue reading Moscow getting Electric Buses…

A whole bunch of misalignment about the status of the cookie monster law in the EU… As a black bar pops up near the top of the page, just answer and all is good. If you want don’t answer, cookies blocked and all is still good. So to comply with any possible issues arising. PleaseContinue reading EU Cookie Monster…

Been very busy and now as with all fun things in life, it has to end… Beautiful weather we had….will write about everyone in the village when I get home… WtR

Just Svetochka out and about taking pictures of everything she sees. Can you find the snake in the grass? I wonder; Is that a boat load of immigrants sneaking into our village? 🙂 WtR

Interesting: Some of the Russian oligarchs, as we all know all too well, took their cash outside Russia to prevent the Russian government from taking back what they scarfed from it et alii…. If the U.S. is currently now stealing the cash from the oligarchs (whom they helped to steal the funds from Russia inContinue reading So the money stolen during collapse of the USSR…

Inside a Russian Sauna…and Woodpecker…and Bee-Eaters…and I like it…and Father Pavel and another Monk…and It is heaven. Our Tiny Russian Village… WtR