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“Measures against persons involved in abuse of fundamental human rights and freedoms including those of Russian citizens” Approved by the State Duma on December 21, 2012 and approved by the Federation Council on December 26, 2012. Article 1 Measures against persons involved in abuse of fundamental human rights and freedoms of Russian citizens shall include: […]

MOSCOW, December 28 (Itar-Tass) — The Russian emergency airplane is flying to Egypt to take a Russian woman, who had the premature delivery during her vacations. The airplane Il-76 took off at 11:23 Moscow time on Friday from the Moscow regional airfield Ramenskoye to Cairo, the information department of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations […]

But that is not what you would believe as you look at the news all over America. Lets look at the headline news for the USA, in fact lets look at something that seems to be a better show of what really is going on in the minds of Americans… Twitter: The five biggest stories […]

I keep reading how Americans are “baffled” that the Russian government would “use helpless children as pawns”… Now you know how Russians felt when the U.S. government insisted on passing the Magnitsky Act, and when they saw that government apparently willing to expand the secret list to include officials who are perceived to be guilty […]

A few days until the end of 2012! That is what is going through my mind as I sip that cup of coffee and contemplate my life. I realize that I have had a full life and I also realize that I am lucky to be here on earth. There seems to be a thousand […]

All the senators unanimously voted in support of the bill… The bill, dubbed the “Dima Yakovlev Law” also imposes a visa ban and asset freeze on US officials who violate the rights of Russian citizens abroad, and bans the US sponsorship of NGOs that operate in Russia as well as the work of US citizens […]

Coffee What it is made of (below) and Caffeine (The essence of coffee!) how it looks (to the left)… Purine Alkaloids Minerals Bases Chlorogenic Acids Caffeine Calcium Betaine (3-; 4-; 5-) Chlorogenic acid Liverine Magnesium Choline (3,4-; 3,5-; 4,5-) Dicaffeoylquinic acid Methylliberine Phosphate ; Niacin < Feruloylquinic 5-) 4-; (3-;> Paraxanthine Potassium Trigonelline Theacrine Sulphate Theobromine […]

Nakhodka is one of the biggest ports in Far East of Russia. It is considered very beautiful and worthy of a tourist attraction by location and people alone, but there is a special attraction that most people do not know about… Two hills which look like pyramids are located in the valley near the river […]

Once upon a time a Pastor from America tried to sneak some ammo into Russia. His name is Pastor Phillip Miles! I have a whole bunch of articles on the man and he spent some time in a Russian jail cell, rightly deserved I figured out later… The way that I see what happened was […]

Once again it is Christmas and here in Russia is is snowing and blowing. The actual temperature is going to rise a whole bunch and we will get to have Christmas near 0c. That means snow and snow and snow and more snow… Sveta, Boza and I will be glad for a break in the […]