President Dmitry Medvedev delivering his annual address to the Russian Parliament. He is speaking in the St George Hall of the Moscow Kremlin. The address started at noon Moscow Time… — President Medvedev says Russia will not allow meddling in its internal affairs. Addressing the Federal Assembly on Thursday, he stressed that every citizen has […]
Well the train tickets that we could get, have us leaving on the 22nd of December at 9:30 pm and we will be back in Moscow on the 26th of December at 5:00 am. Two nights reserved and was just verified by the hotel for the nights of the 23rd and 24th of December. That […]
How the world says Merry Christmas: Afrikaans: Geseënde Kersfees Afrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats Albanian:Gezur Krislinjden Arabic: Milad Majid Argentine: Feliz Navidad Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On! Bengali: Shuvo Naba Barsha Bohemian: Vesele Vanoce […]
How US can improve its image in Pakistan? by Nadir Mir: Regardless of US, Pakistan remaining allies or not, they were never destined to be enemies. Yet anti Americanism grows in Pakistan and frustration with Pakistan increases in America. Even though ‘disenchanted allies’ for long, the last decade, post 9/11 has resulted in a growing […]
Once during the old days in a little Russian city, there lived a old lady known as Babushka. Babushka invariably had worked hard to try to to clean her house by sweeping, polishing, dusting and cleaning. Her house was the most effective kept, most tidy house within the whole village. Her garden was stunning and […]
This morning the thinking’s over that wonderful cup of coffee (chicory) looks like Sveta and I are traveling to Ukraine this Christmas. We are leaving Thursday or Friday and will be back around Monday morning! It counts on when we can get tickets on the train to go to Ukraine. Since there is no Christmas […]
China supports Russia’s draft resolution on Syria presented at the UN Security Council on December 15, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told a briefing on Monday. Also India may support a surprise Russian UN resolution on Syria… These statement should not be a surprise and hopefully you have heard that Russia has a UN […]
Confusion or Containment for Pakistan: By Nadir Mir wwwpakistangeopolitics.blogspot.com Mr. Bruce Riedel’s (ex CIA, advisor to US President) article was titled ‘Containment of Pakistan’. It would be more appropriate to title it as ‘Confusion or Containment for Pakistan’. Mr. Riedel had accused Pakistani Generals of Neo blasphemy – ‘not believing in an American victory in […]
Reset dead End… “Rebukes in the worst traditions of the Cold War, it is inadmissible. It is not a reset at all,” said Medvedev… Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a Friday’s telephone conversation with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama said that Washington’s comments over Russia’s allegedly rigged parliamentary polls were inadmissible, Russian president said on […]