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.

More information on onslaught of bomb threats in Russia…

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The FSB said last week that thousands of anonymous bomb threats had been sent via Dutch internet service StartMail. Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor blocked access to StartMail in Russia, but schools, courts and hospitals across the country continue receiving threats. Since the so-called email terrorists continue distributing fake bomb threats to Russian […]

Orbital reboost of the ISS has been completed…

According to the data of the TsNIIMash Mission Control Center (MCC) ballistic and navigation support service, following the two-phase orbital reboost the station orbital parameters were as follows: period of revolution — 92,896 min; orbit inclination — 51,66 deg; minimum altitude above the Earth surface — 415,9 km; maximum altitude above the Earth surface — […]

World’s first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) R-7

60 years ago, on January 20, 1960, by the decree of the USSR Government, the world’s first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) R-7 entered operational service in the Strategic Missile Forces. The super long range missile system, developed by the team of OKB-1 (now known as RSC Energia) headed by the Chief Designer Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, […]

Russia will produce new electric car (EV) in 2020…

MOSCOW, August 8. /TASS/. The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade in cooperation with major international automaker will announce production of a new electric vehicle on the Russian market in 2020, Deputy Minister Alexander Morozov said on Thursday. “We will announce production of the next following electric car in the coming jointly with the largest […]