Windows to Russia

Media Concentration: Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation or media convergence) is a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media. Contemporary research demonstrates increasing levels of consolidation, with many media industries already highly concentrated and dominated by a very small number of firms… Degree of […]

S-300 missile systems: Why it was just a few days ago that the western media word was out and about that, “Israel talked Russia out of delivering the S-300 missile systems.” Now Russia made sure to counteract the wishful thinking’s of the western world… “We think this delivery (S-300 missile systems) is a stabilizing factor […]

Gazprom from Russia: They say that a dollar does not buy much these days, but I have a gaz (gas) deal for you and it cost a dollar. Now of course there is stipulations that go with that dollar and one of them is that Gazprom will invest $640,000,000 in the next five years to […]

Memorial Day: I sipped that cup of coffee here in Russia and did some thinking’s about Memorial day. The day has several meanings to me and none of them are good. My dad was in Korea, several of my uncles in WW2, Grandpa in WW1 and then me in (Don’t want to talk about it! […]

It is summer and it is also time for a cold salad recipe. In Russia cottage cheese is very abundant and very popular. Cottage cheese in Russia would be better termed “Tvorog” and is ideal for making a salad with. No excess moisture and delicious in flavor… So as usual there is a million versions […]

Photoshop the new window into the virtual world we now live in: I was working on a photoshop image for the website. To do that you have many options and one of the best is to use “Gimp!” I was happily altering a photo to meet the conditions that I set for it and then […]

Wild Roses are some of my favorite flowers. I have waited and waited for them to bloom around our place in Russia. So I was really excited today as I found some wild roses blooming and the pictures came out wonderful. Boza did not care of course and he tried to ruin the pictures, as […]

Adopted Russian Children have escaped from their abusive life in Texas, USA and all because of a brave American woman who never gave up and put her own freedoms and liberty in jeopardy… This is the Adopted Russian children that I have been talking about several times on my website, I was happy as a […]

Putin has demanded that ship building in Russia increase the production rate. United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) the largest ship builder in Russia is under the gun to get warships out on or before the 2020 deadline of completion… I saw this information and then it struck me as to what is going on and why […]