Windows to Russia

But there is a whole bunch of nonprofessional governmental ignoramuses whom all think they are experts on Russia… WtR

I have talked about Gillette and that they deserve to go out of business and that I will never buy a Gillette razor again… Gillette! Yes anti-Gillette in Russia also… Gillette has raised recently their prices, four times and even five times the original price in Russia. I mean seriously, they have reduced the quantity […]

It is snowing like crazy… Good thing I took an umbrella when I walked… Gonna be one long winter in Russia and I can feel it in my bones… I predict 8 to 9 months of winter this time….gotta get to the Tiny Russian Village… WtR

Russia’s largest oil company Rosneft has asked and is tendering transactions in the euro. They have switched from the US Dollar as its main default currency. This is for all exports of crude oil and refined products, as the oil company is turning off the Dollar trap for as many sales as possible in order […]

Started Sammy the Volga this morning and I found an issue that has to be fixed before we leave… When we had the car redone two years ago, the wonderful workers had stolen our new alternator that I had installed and put on an old one from a piece of junk. Of course the guys […]

Just walking and looking at things… Actually this was yesterday as I walked. Today I am feeling sick and taking it easy. Getting ready to go to the Tiny Russian Village this weekend and spend about two weeks there… Sveta will come home to Moscow and go play with the grandkids and I will get […]

Hmm… The idea of ​​Ukraine joining NATO is an attempt by the West to stand on Russian soil without an invitation. The US has Russia completely surrounded by military bases, but I have not heard of Russian military bases in the Western Hemisphere near the US border. Explain to me who is the culprit in […]

Want to try what the Russians eat? Okay maybe not? So maybe you want to try something new then? Well this is the page for you… 122 recipes and it is growing still… (Russian Recipes) Russian Tea Cakes (Recipe) Russian Beet and Potato Salad (Recipe) Russian Mashed Potato and Mushroom Croquettes (Recipe) Iriski a Soviet […]

Russians love hot tea. If they are like my Sweetpea, she has to have a treat to go with the tea. If you go to a Russians home, they will set out tea and a plate of biscuits as they call them. A babushka will most likely have these round powdered sugar delights waiting for […]

An incredibly daring rescue of a girl from her burning apartment was caught on camera by a stunned eyewitness who watched as a man pulled the young woman out through a window and into the property above. The girl was sleeping in the fifth-floor of the building in Nizhnevartovsk, western Siberia, on September 22 when […]