The Russian Health Ministry announced on Saturday that production of the world’s first registered coronavirus vaccine has begun. It’s been named ‘Sputnik V’ after the famed space satellite, launched by Moscow in 1957.
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Author: Russian_Village
A survivor of six heart attacks and a brain tumor, a grumpy bear of a man, whom has declared Russia as his new and wonderful home. His wife is a true Russian Sweet Pea of a girl and she puts up with this bear of a guy and keeps him in line.
Thank God for my Sweet Pea and Russia.
Belarus’ Lukashenko in that last few years started to play, “Lets see which side will give the most favors?”
Russia did not play the game, they patiently said no and watched as the rope was dealt out for Lukashenko to tie the knot himself. The West especially the UK and the US tossed tidbits of masqueraded promises and tidbits of veiled wealth. The West will never change and cannot ever be trusted, yet Lukashenko tried to play one side against the other….we have seen this short term tactic used by many countries in the past…
I will say it time and time again, “Greed in any form….be it materialism, financialism and or amoralism is always the destruction of the player!”
Lukashenko the President of Belarus should never have tried to play the USA/UK against Russia….no matter how glittery the tidbits are, that are being used to entice with…
Lukashenko, how did that work out for your neighbor Ukraine? Oops…
Lukashenko, is it too late?
(Again) Only Putin/Russia knows at this point…
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PS: Lukashenko is getting a taste of being “Friends” with the West, especially US and UK
Another tidbit of info…
“He wants to work with Russia, Poland, the European Union, and the United States,” Zhirinovsky explained, writing on his Telegram channel about Lukashenko’s appeals to foreign leaders. “But, alas, this girl is no longer a virgin, so in terms of a long-term relationship, nobody is interested in marrying her.”
The buck stops … with the other guy.
It’s not my fault … it’s the other guys fault…
It use to be very clearly: As President Truman had a sign on top his desk that said, “The Buck stops here!”
If there should be any argument on this point, Mr. Truman has a desk gadget that ought to settle it. It is a little thing on which is printed four words—“The Buck Stops Here.” Others may pass the buck, but by the time it reaches the President’s desk—well, that is the terminal point. There just isn’t any place else for it to go.
Source: The Buck Stops Here – Quote Investigator
But according to this same site: It originated with Gen. Warfield
Gen. Warfield spoke on “Co-operation,” emphasizing the value of doing the job without seeking to escape responsibility by referring to a motto he keeps on his desk—“The buck stops here.” He described the extensive system of laundries operated by the Army Quartermaster Department at Army posts, producing a profit for the department, as required by law.
Source: The Buck Stops Here – Quote Investigator
Then in the ensuing years:
I watched how “Passing the Buck” even became common place….
I had a sign on my office door,“The buck stops here! Do not pass this door for another door, for if it is wrong it is my fault and I will take care of it, No one else is to blame! – Welcome…”
Source: From Russia: America Needs a Boss – The Buck Stops Here… | Windows to Russia
I could not contemplate running any business by passing the buck…
But I watched the USA and much of the world start passing the buck…
Therefore, I have talked about this issue on WtR and find it appalling that we the so called greatest country in the world, would ever think, do and contemplate; “Passing the Buck!”
A funny thing happened on the way to the Soap Opera:
This human existences has become one huge world wide, “Passing the buck!”
The soap opera that we call Earth is nothing but that….there are few now who do not look at the others and point fingers and blame everyone but themselves….the newest generations accept that passing the buck is acceptable…
I think 99% of all our issues we are seeing today worldwide would and could not be solved by simply saying, “The Buck Stops Here!”
Accountability is a major part of keep things in line. If you are accountable and held to accountability? You have a tendency to get it right, either the first time and or correct it when you are wrong. But, when you can just pass the buck? Never is anyone to blame for your stupidity and intentional actions against others…
That would be a good name for the world wide soap opera…
Passing the Buck…
WtR
PS: I am to blame as much as anyone. I watched all this happen and until late in life, did nothing and or said nothing about it all. But, I try now and that is better than 99% of the people running around and saying, “What did I do!” or better yet, “What did you not do?”
Fall is here. The leaves are changing, the fields are brown, The mosquitoes are almost gone, the horseflies have said goodbye, the days are getting very short quickly, single digit temperatures at night, only twenty degrees high in the daytime and the migratory birds are all practicing flying formation to get ready…
In about four months I have gone from the end of winter and now am staring at the start of winter again. For fall is very short, just like spring and summer here in Russia. Summer as normal was about two to three weeks long….I never stopped wearing long sleeves and winter pants. In Russia the only change of clothing to summer is to stop wearing long underwear and not have on three shirts and a coat. It is looking like soon that the long-johns will be going back on…
At 3 a.m. I was woke. It was not just a few weeks ago that I was walking at this time and it was very light out. I woke to pure darkness and shook my head as I said to nobody in particular, “How did the earth tilt so fast again?”
Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate all that spring, summer and fall bring and we still have some warm days to come, but in Russia, I have to start getting mentally prepared for winter and do not let your guard down….winter will catch you off guard easily…
Projects have to be either finished up and done and or do not even start them…
Today I have to get a tire fixed on Sammy the Volga. A very slow leak that takes four or five days to go down has developed and there is a place in a nearby village that repairs tires. So knowing Russia, I will be trying to get the tire fixed from 8 a.m. to at least Noon….things move slow here in Russia and there will not be any other customers, just me….I promise that is true and it took me awhile to get use to such ways of life…
Russia has really thrown a wrench in the Global Bull Sh#$….First on a vaccine for coronavirus and for us here in Russia, things will basically go back to normal (Okay, as normal as Russians can ever be). Does not matter what you think of it all. Russia found a way to “middle finger” the west and its antics…
I don’t fall for all the hype over this virus, but I am not stupid either and am thankful that Russia has thrown a wrench in the spanners, so to say…
Time to get the vaccine (I trust the Russian vaccine long before I would trust one from the Western Empire.) and get on with life. Think you in the western world will see the same? Yea, maybe 2021….maybe!
Sveta and I have to start thinking about where to go and spend a vacation. I really want to get back to Ajman, Emirate and enjoy the lights fantastic. I hope soon that we can get there without too much coronavirus issues…
Our favorite hotel there has offered us some free rooms for several nights and the food is just fantastic, not to say that the ocean is crystal clear and the people all over Ajman are very friendly. I would love to have a winter home there to spend time to recharge the batteries, so to say…
Still raining, yet it is finally light out and I really want to walk. Therefore, I am ending this thinking session and going to go out and enjoy the light rain. Gotta take what you get as dealt by the cards and make do. Time to wake up and smell the coffee…
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Lots of intentional fires have been started and are still being started by the USA. These fires will be the US undoing….self-inflicted demise!
When they finish this pipeline it will be a turning point in the world. This is a very important issue and it must be done. When done the US is done and the future will change. That is why the US is so scared of this pipeline. There are many unheard business issues being started as fires by the USA, during the last few years, world issues like Huawei that are also a turning point right now. Once all these little fires get under control, the US will be isolated and left in the dark…
Tidbit: Did you know that while the USA is crying and playing games with Germany and Europe about oil and gas products, that the US is the second largest buyer of Russian oil products?
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MTTIM_NUS-NRS_2&f=M
So with that tidbit of info, welcome Europe to the bandwagon of US hated countries and areas of the world….the do as I say and not as I do syndrome…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be completed in the near future, despite US pressure on those involved in the massive energy project.
Source: Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Europe will be completed soon – Lavrov — RT Business News
and
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, US-based Qualcomm is lobbying the Trump administration to roll back restrictions on the sale of advanced components to Huawei. Qualcomm presents that the export ban will not stop Huawei from obtaining necessary components, and instead, it will hand over billions of dollars of Huawei sales to other competitors.
Source: Qualcomm reportedly wants to sell its 5G Snapdragon chips to Huawei
These fires are started by a country (USA) that is running scared and the politicians have no idea what to do to correct the issues that are playing out right now in the world…
The world is much more than just the US and unless the US tries to become part of that world, it will be isolated. Just like little Johnny sitting in the corner with a dunce cap on at school…
WtR
Tidbit of coronavirus info:
A total of 20 nations from Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia have already requested doses of Russia’s breakthrough coronavirus vaccine, which was confirmed to be registered on Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin.At a conference dedicated to the announcement of the vaccine’s registration, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) explained that it had already received orders for a billion doses.“Together with our foreign partners, we are ready to produce more than 500 million doses of the vaccine per year,” Kirill Dmitriev explained. Everything produced in Russia will be used domestically, and doses for use in other countries will be made abroad.
Interesting and the USA is already mouthing about this information. I said it was coming and it has…
At least Russians are getting back to normal and so am I…
WtR
Update:
Sputnik V, the Russian vaccine against Covid-19, has already become subject to coordinated information attacks from nations that have political differences with Moscow. That’s according to the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) which bankrolled the research. Kirill Dmitriev claims that, whether inspired by commercial concerns or just malice, the politicized approach of a number of Western countries ultimately jeopardizes the health and safety of their own citizens. In the development and trials of the vaccine, Russia used a proven platform that had been tested on thousands of people over the past six years, the RDIF chief stressed, during an online conference on Tuesday.“ Coordinated and carefully prepared information attacks on the Russian vaccine are trying to discredit and hide the correctness of the Russian approach to drug development,” Dmitriev said. “A politicized approach to the Russian vaccine on the part of a number of Western countries endangers the lives of their citizens.”
Russia’s first vaccine against the coronavirus was developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute. Clinical trials of the vaccine were launched on 18 June and all 38 volunteers developed immunity. Russia has become the first country in the world to register a vaccine against COVID-19, President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday during a government meeting. The president also asked Health Minister Mikhail Murashko to keep him informed about the vaccine, while at the same time noting that he knows “it works quite effectively” and “forms a stable immunity”. “I hope we will be able to start mass production of this medication in the near future, which is very important”, the president said.Putin further thanked everyone who worked on the first-ever vaccine against the coronavirus, and described it as “a very important step for the world”. “I hope that our colleagues abroad will also move forward, and there will be quite a lot of products that can be used on the market, on the world market for medicines and vaccines”, Putin continued. The Russian president also revealed that one of his daughters had been vaccinated against the coronavirus. “In this sense, she took part in the experiment. After the first vaccination, she had a body temperature of 38 degrees Celsius, while the following day it was slightly over 37 degrees Celsius, that’s it. After the second injection, the second vaccination, her temperature also rose a little, and then everything cleared up, she feels good and the [antibody] titers are high”, Putin stated.
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Tried all summer and now that summer is gone, I had to try to salvage our power pole to survive another winter. It is one of those issues that Russia has a problem with…
Trying to get even the power company to do its job is like pulling teeth on a raging bull….just does not happen very easily…
In Russia you are either self-sufficient or simply don’t care. It takes much patience, stamina and willpower to accomplish things and humans look the other way most of the time… – Me
It is one of the reasons I love Russia, yet at times it also can be one of the most frustrating things that you have to deal with. Thus, I did my best and put an oak beam against our failing power pole…
You have to do what it takes to protect your own…
I dug a hole at an angle about 3/4 of a meter deep and drug a 400 lb beam and actually the main trunk of a small oak tree and finally after hours and tearing old injuries in my grouchy bear body, The beam fell into place….I was smart and drilled three holes through the beam at the top and cut the beam at the top at an angle to lay against the power pole, before starting the project….I had bought a box of long heavy steel spikes to attach the beam to the pole through the holes I drilled…
You should have seen the look on my face as the beam fell against the power pole and sat in its hole in the ground at a perfect angle….It was one of those, never in a million years will that happen again. It as my grandma would say, “Was meant to be!”
Believe me, I can appreciate how huge and heavy a power pole is after what I did…
Then I painted it white, because it is so close to the edge of the main road and this morning I orange stripped it to make it stand out better. I am sure that there will be many Russians wondering, “What the Hell?”
It is better than nothing and since we cannot get the power company to do a damn thing about it, I hope that this, with the other work I have done on it, will keep the pole up for the winter!
Then we can start again and try to get the power company to replace the pole…
You do what you gotta do, for they seem to do what they wanna do also!
You wait, tomorrow they will come with a crane huge truck and replace it… 😉
WtR
Yesterday, I had to try to support our power pole near our home. We called and asked for help, but, as you can imagine, coronavirus is the boss and they will be very longtime before getting out to help us. Therefore, I wrapped wire and wedged wood and drove spikes and cussed a bunch. I hope we can get it to stay upright until they can get out to fix it. I also had to put a brace on a home that is hooked to the same line. The home is trying to fall over… and it will take our pole down… which will tear a huge hole in our roof of our village home…
Source: Just looking around in my morning and evening walks around Russia… | Windows to Russia
Seriously folks, the only issue that is true is that America is being destroyed from within. No one one the outside of the US borders gives a crap. Who the hell wants chaos as your neighbor? Or better yet, playing in the sandbox with you…
The top counterintelligence official in the U.S. government warned Friday of ongoing interference and influence efforts by China, Russia and Iran.William Evanina, who leads the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, said that the U.S. government has assessed that China prefers President Trump losing the election, because Beijing considers him “unpredictable,” while Russia is working to undermine Democrat Joe Biden.” Ahead of the 2020 U.S. elections, foreign states will continue to use covert and overt influence measures in their attempts to sway U.S. voters’ preferences and perspectives, shift U.S. policies, increase discord in the United States, and undermine the American people’s confidence in our democratic process,” Evanina said.
Source: U.S. Intelligence: China Opposes Trump Reelection; Russia Works Against Biden : NPR
Oh and NPR is so bought and paid for by the USA and very controlled propaganda….don’t ever forget that while NPR has some private funding, it is also and was set up to be funded by your tax money and or public funding. The private funding is channeled public funds to keep the NPR going. Mass Media in the west is basically only and all funded in some way by the public…
Enjoy your lies while you can…
WtR
Actually it is about time that Russia starts to push back against the propaganda from the USA….yes, it is the US who is playing the games!
”The US State Department said they would “continue to counter Russia’s disinformation. ” I can only say one thing: we will continue to unmask their real disinformation and fakes, because we, unlike the US State Department, rely on the facts of interference in the internal affairs of our country that the Commission on Foreign Interference had revealed,“ he said. Vasilii Piskarev recalled that, in particular, ” the Commission revealed false information in publications of the regional projects of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Sever.Realities and Crimea. Realities, funded from the US budget, containing fakes about euthanasia carried out for coronavirus patients in Russian hospitals. “ Materials on these publications were sent to the competent authorities.” Unlike the report of the US Department of State, which does not contain real facts, only speculation and attempts to impose their point of view, such publications can be considered as real attempt to misinform and spread panic among Russian citizens. We will continue to monitor, analyze and take all the relevant measures provided by the law to counteract the US attempts to influence Russia,“ stressed Vasilii Piskarev.
The old mare bolted the barn long ago and Russia is very patient, but finally even the Russians realize that the US is not worth being helped to get back to the barn. The barn is a better place without the USA…
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