Windows to Russia

I am from the old days and use terms that are akin to that era. Sveta is a trip to listen to her talk English, as I hear myself in her words. Sveta is sharp as a tack and just calling her an intellect is a disservice to say the least… One expression that I […]

Boza and I walk in the forest many times and as you see by the picture that many people walk in this forest. In fact in Moscow there is so many people that you virtually never can find a time or place that someone else is not there also. I do find that 3 am […]

What’s the point in Stars and Stripes flying full staff anymore? What joy or pride is there in looking up at the American Flag when it seems that each week it is lowered for this and that death, current or past? And knowing that over the last three decades or so, most of those deaths […]

Russia’s Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is ending its activity in Russia. “The Foreign Ministry confirms the closure of USAID [in Russia]” a ministry source said, adding more information would be released “soon.” US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland announced the termination of USAID’s activity in Russia […]

US State Department as saying that there were a number of reciprocal measures that would demonstrate by example its attitude to such statements as displayed below by Gennady Zyuganov. They said that they were surprised by his statement as he is a very close person to the US Embassy and officials… Gennady Zyuganov, leader of […]

Vyacheslav Nikonov, Deputy Head of Foreign Affairs Committee, tells RT that Russia should start looking eastward to fortify its foreign policy aims. The Duma official said Russia should become a self-sufficient center of international strength. “Russia cannot become anything else, there is no alternative” Nikonov told RT in a telephone interview. “We cannot be integrated […]

(Reuters) – The United States has set aside $25 million for aid to Syrian rebels, although the assistance remains limited to non-lethal supplies such as communications gear, the State Department said on Wednesday… (August 1st, 2012) (HAARETZ) A commander with the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) has offered a 25-million-dollar bounty for anyone who captures […]

I am glad I am in Russia! The worst they seem to be able to conjure up is a proclaimed millions man march and 5000 to 6000 show up! Like I also said before, “You can get 5000 people to stare at the sky with you in Moscow, if you stop and pretend to look […]

It was Friday, Aug. 31 – 2012… Now since the moon sure did not look blue to me, I decided to get a picture of it! 🙂 What is a Blue Moon? Glad you asked… Web definition: A Blue Moon is a long time; “Something that happens once in blue moon almost never happens”. A […]