Category: Russia

Russia: Save The Gazelles!

some 100,000 gazelles move north. Years of drought have forced them to migrate to the Russian side of the border and, in doing so, many gazelles got tangled up in barbed wire and died. The animals are heading for the Russia’s Daursky Nature Reserve in search of food and water. Many of the trapped gazelles

Russia: LADA, A Russian Car!

the original Zhiguli brand, because of phonetic resemblance of Zhiguli to Gigolo, which hampered exports. Lada made its name in Western Europe selling the Lada Riva as an economy car in large quantities during the 1980s, but subsequent models have not enjoyed the same success. The common Lada sedan/estate series, known as the Classic in

Russia: Moscow Planetarium Needs To Be Saved!

Now it stands as a symbol of an era in which millions of Russians believe the good of society is routinely sacrificed to the commercial interests of bureaucrats and businessmen. “It’s shameful,” said Anatoly Cherepashchuk, director of the Shternberg Astronomy Institute at Moscow State University. “It’s no good when for 14 years all of Moscow

Russian News: 5-13-2008

d the division of responsibilities between his deputies, the government’s press office reported today. specifically, First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov is to deal with the matters of agriculture and the agribusiness sector. First Deputy PM Igor Shuvalov will oversee the government’s international economic policy, talks on Russia’s accession to the WTO, support for small

Russia: Save The Polar Bears!

Russia has had full ban on Polar Bear hunting for a long time. Looks like the USA needs to follow suit……————————————————-MOSCOW, May 13 (RIA Novosti) – The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is urging the U.S. to follow Russia’s conservation efforts to save the polar bear, the regional program director for WWF Russia said on Tuesday.

Russia: Hard Drive Update!

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & thinking about the hard drive situation. My wife has taken the hard drive that I kicked off the table and broke to computer shop that saves data. Link to Article! We are going to try to salvage the data. When the drive hit the floor it

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