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Hello, Years ago we published a cartoon about Vinni Puh. (Russian version of Winnie the Pooh) During the past, we discussed how it’s difficult to translate Vinni Puh in English. We translated some expressions from the cartoon and now we tried to translate the Vinni Puh song. (not exact translation more transition of the moodContinue reading Svetochka Sunday: Vinni Puh, Could Visit You Too!

I am amazed at the people that do not understand that I live, walk, breath, ride bikes, drive and get irritated in everyday life in Russia. So many so called Russian journalists and so called Russian experts, have never rubbed shoulders daily with Russians. In fact many of them never leave their high rises andContinue reading Just another day for us in Russia… (Another Ticket)

MOSCOW, May 6 (Xinhua) — Russia’s Investigative Committee confirmed Monday that 41 people were killed after an SSJ-100 passenger plane en route to the northwestern Russian city of Murmansk caught fire before an emergency landing Sunday at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow. “41 people died,” Elena Markovskaya, representative of the committee’s Moscow Inter-regional InvestigationContinue reading 41 people confirmed dead in plane fire in Moscow’s airport

To simply summarize; The US is inflicting pain and suffering on people of Venezuela in order to force it’s government to hand over it’s oil fields… It is terrorism by any other name… WtR

The China-Russia “Joint Sea-2019” military exercise Tuesday held contests between the two countries’ naval marine contingents. Contestants on both sides took part in competitions including riflery, sniping and steeplechase. Chen Weidong, vice chief of staff of the Chinese Navy’s marines forces, said the contests provided opportunities for mutual learning and exchanges between the two sides,Continue reading Russians and Chinese have been constantly coordinating together…

 Vladimir Putin attended the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation Source: Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation • President of Russia Sadly the western media hardly took notice of this event, as they do with anything that does not have “USA stamp of approval to post” attached to it… This isContinue reading Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation

I gave you the two most common spellings for our city near Moscow. I have seen some other ways to spell it, but this covers 90% of how you should attempt to spell in in English letters. (Russian: Королёв, IPA: [kərɐˈlʲɵf]) And it is raining and raining and raining… We have been thinking about whatContinue reading Raining today in Korolyov or Korolev, Russia…

The May Holidays have started… The first day is, “Spring and Labor Day”… Therefore, Svetochka is sleeping in and as always I am up regardless. Four O’clock a.m. and I was wide awake. Blood sugar was 4.2 and my body said to get up and deal with it. Sveta mumbled, “It is early!” and then,Continue reading Spring and Labor Day in Russia

Seriously we moved in around July of 2009… New Flat in Moscow Area in Russia! Speaking of a place to live… Nikolai’s Home is officially Svetochka’s and mine now….Sveta’s other Tiny Russian Village home belongs to her mother, but this home is a Bear Home! The home is ours, but we have to now getContinue reading Can you believe? 10 years in our flat and Nikolai’s Home is ours…

The US is really starting to irk people around the world. The dislike and tolerance is turning to hate and soon to be extreme hate, very fast. It is antics like this below that is starting to set the pace for the future and what the USA is to become… The Trump administration put itsContinue reading The USA shows the world why it is untrustworthy again and again…