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Reference ID  Created  Released   Classification  Origin 08TRIPOLI8 29   2008-10-17  14:02   2011-02-01  21:09   CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Tripoli Appears in these articles: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/libya-wikileaks/ VZCZCXRO8755 OO RUEHTRO DE RUEHTRO #0829/01 2911446 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O R 171446Z OCT 08 FM AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4005 INFO RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 0074 RUEHKV/AMEMBASSY KYIV 0011 RUEHSK/AMEMBASSYContinue reading WikiLeaks: AL-QADHAFI: TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE?

ID: 09MOSCOW2943 SUBJECT: ALLEGED NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT THE RUSSIA-KAZAKHSTAN BORDER REF: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN FSN AND RUSSIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER RELAYED TO EXBS ADVISOR Classified By: DCM ERIC RUBIN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B, C, D). DATE: 2009-12-04 14:02:00 CLASSIFICATION: SECRET ORIGIN: EMBASSY Moscow TEXT: S E C R E T MOSCOW 002943 SIPDIS FOR STATEContinue reading WikiLeaks: Russian Customs Officers Reported two or three Incidents of Unshielded “Cobalt-60” was Discovered…

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Moscow, Tverskaya, 11 phone +7 (495) 629-53-27    press@mon.gov.ru On December, 1-3, 2010 Russian-American negotiations on cooperation in the field of international adoption will take place On December, 1-3st, 2010 in Washington there will pass the next meeting of the Russian and American experts devoted to preparation ofContinue reading Information on the Status of Russian / American Adoption Proceedings…

Medvedev unveils monument to Yeltsin: Boris Yeltsin is a strange sometimes volital topic in Russia to discuss. If you mention his name you have about a 50 / 50 split as to what reaction you will get. I have really seen no middle of the road yet… Russians either like him or they don’t. NowContinue reading Feburary 1st – Boris Yeltsin’s Birthday…

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Spam is Stupid… For Months now I have done a lot of thinking over many cups of coffee about comments. I have never achieved a balance on Windows to Russia. It is either comment crazy or no comments at all. So as I drink my coffee this morning and realize that I dealt with thousandsContinue reading When Do Comments Become a Deficit and a Hindrance?

Russia posts “gold record” Russia as I have expressed several times in the past few years, is steadily buying gold. This good article from “Voice of Russia” explains a little about what is going on…

I was sitting here thinking about the trip I just made over a good cup of coffee. It is really amazing how bad the coffee can be when you have to buy it from a machine. I tried several cups of train station coffee this trip and found that while it was chocked full ofContinue reading Back Home in Russia – Safe and Sound…

It was a dreary day and snowing like crazy. I decided while waiting for my evening train back to Moscow, to take a walk. I snapped a few pictures and they came out OK. Not great, but it gives you an idea of the Kiev train station… While Moscow has multiples of train stations includingContinue reading The Kiev, Ukraine Train Station…