Category: Russia

In Russia you can find babushkas selling marinated cabbage almost anywhere. In fact at almost any metro station in Moscow they peddle there concoction of delicious marinated cabbage daily. Now everyone has their own way of making it, but this is my recipe that I use to make for salads in banquets in America…

So this recipe may be missing some secrete ingredients that Russians use. But I can promise you that it will taste delicious and since I am in Russia it is a recipe from Windows to Russia…

Lets make a Marinated Cabbage…

Ingredients:

1 to 2 heads of cabbage (shredded)
4 medium carrots (shredded)
1 bunch parsley (chopped)
3 – 5 garlic cloves (chopped)
4 tbsp vegetable oil

For marinade:

1 Liter of water (about a quart)
1 tbsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
5 tbsp apple vinegar (or more, on your taste)
Black pepper, peppercorns, bay leaves (to taste)

Method:

Chop the parsley and garlic “then” shred the cabbage and  carrots…

Then mix cabbage, carrots, garlic and parsley together with the oil, gently in a big glass mixing bowl or even a stainless one will do…

Bring the liter of water to boil, as it is boiling put all of the spices (Black pepper, peppercorns, bay leaves, salt and sugar (to taste)) in the rolling boiling water, turn heat off. Then allow to sit about 3 minutes…

Add the vinegar into the spiced water, mix, and pour it over the vegetables…

Let sit for about 2 to 4 hours and cool with a lid covering the bowl…

The cabbage is ready… (Yummy)

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PS: I prefer to chill the mixture before serving, but most Russians seem to prefer it on the warm side or room temperature…

Russia’s dream of developing its own hybrid cars is one step closer. The construction of the first Russian plant to produce a new generation of vehicles has started just outside St. Petersburg. ­Yo-Mobile cars were first introduced in January, and were an instant hit. The company got over 100,000 advance orders. Currently the Yo-Auto company is offering three car models – a crossover, a 5-door hatchback and a mini-truck, with a price range from $10,000 to $15,000. This will provide a much-needed boost for the Russian car industry…

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Strange and stupid world we live in. I was enjoying that morning cup of coffee and was reading about how wonderful of a world that we live in. It looks like the West is gung-ho trying to get World War Three in motion. While Russia and China are trying to get the opposite to happen…

In Yemen we (America) are performing airstrikes against the rebels who (rebels) are against a pro American government that was put in place by the USA. In Libya we are performing airstrikes against the government (Libya) for the rebels who (rebels) are a pro American group put in by the USA. But the rebels in Yemen are Al Qaeda and called militants. Isn’t that what Qaddafi said that the rebels were in Libya? (Al Qaeda and militants)   🙂

The acceleration of the American campaign in recent weeks comes amid a violent conflict in Yemen that has left the government in Sana, a United States ally, struggling to cling to power. Yemeni troops that had been battling militants linked to Al Qaeda in the south have been pulled back to the capital, and American officials see the strikes as one of the few options to keep the militants from consolidating power. Read More >>>

Now The West is pushing China and Russia to vote yes or not vote at all on a UN resolution on Syria. (We all know how the Libyan UN resolution turned out!) It seems that 4 wars for America and the West is just not enough. We want 5 wars and more and more and more. So I would predict soon that we will have airstrikes happening in Syria…

We (the West) are just a bunch of greedy gobblers when it comes to war…

The truth is we are at war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, Pakistan and who knows who is next. Anywhere that we are killing people means that we are at war…

Boom Boom Boom Boom the war drums are sounding as they try to cover up the financial devastation we call the West…

What I think is cute is that you all think that we do all this for humanitarian reasons… 🙂

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By Fred Weir :
Moscow’s previously troubled relations with NATO have improved greatly over the past two years, but the sleeping elephant in the room – the widening gap between Russian and Western visions for a missile defense shield to defend civilization from rogue attacks – may be about to wake up and turn nasty.

Matters could come to a head Thursday, when Defense Secretary Robert Gates meets his Russian counterpart, Anatoly Serdyukov, at the first high level meeting of the Russia-NATO Council since ties cooled following Russia’s brief summer war with Georgia in 2008.

Read more on http://www.csmonitor.com/

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I realized today how much like my dad I look. It is almost scary to see this picture. I really thought that it was my dad. You see my dad died at a younger age than I am now, but not by much. I caught Sveta as she took this picture and you see I am a big grouch…

It just seemed strange today as I looked over this picture and realized that could be my dad standing there and then it dawned on me that could be my grandpa also. Grandpa’s on both sides of my family lived to be mid 80’s but my dad only made it to his 5o’s. Lets hope that I see my grandpa’s life span…

I am blessed to be able to spend time in this Russian village and I am very blessed to have a sneaky picture taker such as Sveta… 🙂

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MOSCOW, June 8 (Itar-Tass) —— Russia is mediating a settlement of the conflict between the Opposition and the official authorities of Libya at the request of the West. But experts are already talking about the possibility of sending Russian peacekeepers to Libya, which can cause western resentment…

Can you say ouch and what the hey? As Russia determines if peacekeepers are needed to control the situation and slam the doors on NATO killing Libyan civilians…

Sounds to me like a good idea and will help get Libya under control after the West has blown the hell out of it…

There should not be another bomb dropped and everyone should work toward peace. But it seems that the Western world is blood thirsty and wants heads to roll. All they can see is killing Qaddafi and that is that…

At this point the Western NATO escapade makes Qaddafi look like a saint…

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“Our position has been very clear from the beginning,” Rasmussen told Interfax in an interview. “All Allies are interested in developing cooperation with Russia in the field of missile defense. However, we are talking about synergy between a NATO and a Russian system. The reason is simple – NATO can not outsource to non-members collective defense obligations which bind its members.”

There you have it, straight from the horse’s mouth: there will be no cooperation on European missile defense between NATO and Russia:  Period…

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I thought you might find it interesting about what Windows to Russia and Russian News From Russia are doing statistic wise…

As you can see we are commented to oblivion and I just let it go now. It has become impossible to filter and keep up on every comment that gets posted on these two blogs. I do try to catch regulars and that is getting harder by the day as the volume of comments increases daily…

What with 2,679 posts and 16,709 approved comments on Windows to Russia. Then 10,787 posts and 36,387 approved comments on Russian News. I just went crazy trying to keep up with the mess…

I just put Akismet on the news blog a week ago as I was using another type of spam killer that failed miserably. Akismet is trying but I am not sure if it can do the job either. The volume of comments on Russian News is very overwhelming and I have just set to moderate any and all comments…

I also just reinstated Akismet on Windows to Russia as the last comment system, that was another outside source decided to put ads on all their comments and I said – NO Way! So Windows to Russia has 414 new spam and News has 129 new spam that was caught in the last two hours since I cleaned it this morning…

Oh, by the way, all the cussing and death type comments are still coming by huge proportions, but they are filtered and never see day light anymore. Life is just too short to be told how you need to die and be assassinated just like Qaddafi needs to be…

Comments a window to a sick world of rejects…

Thank God not all comments are that way and the few that are nice make life great…

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Yes of course – no civilians ever work in any Government and military buildings anywhere in the world. Of course NATO has only bombs and missiles that kill bad people…

Yes of course – we are killing hundreds of civilians in the name of humanitarian help…

Yes of course…

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PS: 60 bombs last night pounded the Libyan capital: Yes of Course…

Why is Russia not condemning the protestors who reportedly killed 120 Syrian law enforcement soldiers? Do I sense Russia is already preparing itself to follow the Libya none voting UNSC resolution strategy on the coming NATO war on Syria?

Does Medvedev have the desire to do what is right or will he fold and be a yes man?

Is Syria the next NATO war? (Soon to be followed by Yemen!)

Is Russia going to stand her ground as she knows she should? (Medvedev?)

Stay tuned because we have Yemen, Sria and Lybia as battle grounds of the falling Western Empire…

I hear the Boom Boom Boom of those war drums and they are getting louder…

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