Back home in Moscow suburb Korolev…

They are getting ready to paint our building inside. I see the sample colors downstairs on the walls… I am trying to imagine which color the busybody gossiping babushkas who think they run our building will pick for a color? My 29 ruble cup of coffee is back… It is really good coffee and they […]

Two sides of China-Russia highway bridge connected…

HARBIN, May 31 (Xinhua) — Two sides of a highway bridge connecting China and Russia across the Heilongjiang River were joined together on Friday.The 1,284-meter-long bridge across the Heilongjiang River, known in Russia as the Amur River, will link Heihe in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province with Blagoveshchensk in Russia. Source: Two sides of China-Russia highway […]

Russia is watching a bad apple(s) in the world…

Tokyo, May 30 meeting between the Russian and Japanese foreign and defense ministers on Thursday… “We see security problems piling up in the Asia-Pacific region and in the world as a whole due to the fact that Western countries are trying to slow down or even reverse the objective process of shaping the polycentric world […]

Saint Nicolas Day at TRV…

The Tiny Russian Village has its moments of excitement. Today (actually Saturday) was one of those days and lots and lots of people ended up wandering up our mountain (Big Hill) and paying respect to Saint Nicolas… Happy Saint Nicolas Day… Then my favorite camera person (Svetochka the Sweetpea) made a good video… They bring […]

No ensnaring this time TRV

The Tiny Russian Village is so wonderful and we have so much to do. But first I want to talk about our new addition to Sammy the Volga and it really works perfect… Speed trap on our way to the village. There are signs that go from 90 kph to 70 kph to 50 kph […]