Windows to Russia

They are getting ready to paint our building inside. I see the sample colors downstairs on the walls… I am trying to imagine which color the busybody gossiping babushkas who think they run our building will pick for a color? My 29 ruble cup of coffee is back… It is really good coffee and they […]

HARBIN, May 31 (Xinhua) — Two sides of a highway bridge connecting China and Russia across the Heilongjiang River were joined together on Friday.The 1,284-meter-long bridge across the Heilongjiang River, known in Russia as the Amur River, will link Heihe in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province with Blagoveshchensk in Russia. Source: Two sides of China-Russia highway […]

Tokyo, May 30 meeting between the Russian and Japanese foreign and defense ministers on Thursday… “We see security problems piling up in the Asia-Pacific region and in the world as a whole due to the fact that Western countries are trying to slow down or even reverse the objective process of shaping the polycentric world […]

Made my day… I just love this guy (Saakashvili and or “Sassy” as I call him.) I follow what ever happens to him. For he is indubitably one of the most devoted and best western puppets that we are witness of. (Granted) There are more successful western puppets, but no one should give rise to […]

The Tiny Russian Village has its moments of excitement. Today (actually Saturday) was one of those days and lots and lots of people ended up wandering up our mountain (Big Hill) and paying respect to Saint Nicolas… Happy Saint Nicolas Day… Then my favorite camera person (Svetochka the Sweetpea) made a good video… They bring […]

Remember George? Remember George? George is at our new place and getting ready to have little Georges and Georgettes….same George and he is very tolerant of us humans, but his wife is not very happy about us. She did not grow up in the other yard and has reservations about these huge ugly monsters that […]

If it was not so serious, it would be comical… The USA is now focused on China and they have much less time to irritate and tell lies about Russia. Now the US is too busy telling lies about China… Now I realize that sooner or later the US will be back to Russia, but […]

We have been very busy. Between mowing two yards and cutting up dead limbs and trees from the winter times. It has been nonstop work… We finally got all the locks changed on all the buildings at the new place and the new home is good and dry inside. That is the main thing… We […]

The Tiny Russian Village is so wonderful and we have so much to do. But first I want to talk about our new addition to Sammy the Volga and it really works perfect… Speed trap on our way to the village. There are signs that go from 90 kph to 70 kph to 50 kph […]

Where to complain if the hot water is turned off for more than 14 days: Летнее отключение горячего водоснабжения на две недели – давняя традиция коммунальных служб, которая заставляет россиян вооружаться тазиками, ковшами, чайниками и кипятильниками. Но что делать, если горячей воды нет уже более 14 дней? В вопросе разбиралась корреспондент «РИАМО в Королеве». The […]