Windows to Russia

The never ending story of Americans adopting Russians has been given a slam in the last few days – Sentence for killers of adopted Russian child ‘too lenient’: The 20-year custodial sentences handed down to the U.S. couple who killed their adopted Russian son were too light, Russia’s child rights ombudsman said on Thursday… Tymoshenko […]

In the modern world the media are not the key opinion-makers anymore –Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev stated at the Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum 2011. He noted that before a couple of channels, papers and radio stations were enough to form a public opinion but now millions of Internet-users shape the leading info trends. “Today everyone […]

Believe it or not, this was taken with a camera phone. My LG phone is a lousy phone but a great camera… 🙂 The lake in front is almost dry and since it is going on Winter it will stay dry. They will put no new fish in until next Spring. As you see the […]

A Yak-42 plane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team crashed after take-off in the Yaroslavl Region on September 7. More than 40 people died in the crash. 🙁 Windows to Russia!

Today I decided that since I have fought a long battle now against a Democracy that wants to shut down Windows to Russia, literally. I would do some thinking’s over a cup of chicory about democracy… First off what is democracy? Lets use this one and just click the link and you will find a […]

Just a small poll done by Moscow News. Nothing that people will write home to momma about, but it is what I hear out and about on the streets in Moscow. This was done before the confirming news about France. I would imagine if this poll was done now instead of almost a month ago. […]

When school starts in Russia as it did the beginning of September. Moscow changes from a summer city with whispers of children’s voices to a winter city that is full of the squeals and delights of children’s voices. In Moscow any parent that can get their child to a dacha or village and keep them […]

Stock-holders of the South Stream gas pipeline project will sign an agreement on the 16th of September, 2011. The project stipulates laying a gas pipeline across the Black Sea from Russia to the countries of Central and South Europe. The first stage is to be put into operation in December 2015, and running the South […]

Putin said the launch of the Nord Stream would deprive Ukraine of its exclusive gas transit rights. “Ukraine is our old and traditional partner. As any transit country it has the temptation to benefit from its transit position. Now this exclusive right is disappearing. Our relations will become more civilized,” Putin told journalists. That kinda […]

Kommersant reports that “CSTO is turning to face NATO”. This article addresses the reform of the Collective Security Treaty Organization that Russia is working on.According to a source of the newspaper, the basis for this transformation may be developed by the Russian Institute of Contemporary Development (INSOR), the board of guardians of which is chaired […]