Windows to Russia

For years I have talked about Russia buying gold and I have even posted several articles to keep an eye on what they are doing. In fact I have made it clear that Russia is preparing for the future when a petrodollar is no longer a feasible unit of measurement.This is what my coffee thinking’s […]

The government must take into account the opinions of Russian society when considering introducing a special juvenile justice system, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday at a congress of the Russian Parents Opposition group. “The opinion of society, it goes without saying, will be heard and considered. In these issues, there must be no place […]

2014 Winter Olympics Countdown The Winter Olympics, held for the first time in Russia, are to take place from Feb 7 to 23, 2014 in the Black Sea resort of Sochi… Russia has begun the one-year countdown until the Black Sea city of Sochi hosts the Winter Olympic Games. President Vladimir Putin attended the event […]

The Big Mac index is a guide to alignment of world currencies in regard to the US dollar and is based on comparing price for a McDonald’s Big Mac in various countries. In January 2013 a burger in Russia cost $2.43 at market exchange rates, while in the United States the price was $4.37. So […]

Over 1.2 million people sign a petition demanding President Mikhail Saakashvili’s resignation! These petition signatures were collected in Georgia, by the representatives of the non-governmental organization “Unanimity for the Rights of Society…” Now in anyone book that is a major portion of the population! I find it interesting that the West does not even talk […]

Russia said that they will talk with Georgia again after Saakashvili is no longer around and in power! That is what is crossing my mind in thinking’s this morning as I sit down to write this post. So it is sip coffee time and write what I think about life… Well as I said above, […]

When Sveta and I go out to eat and we pick a cafe, instead of McDonald’s (Which is most of the time!). This picture is a perfect example of what would feed two people and it would be considered a very normal meal… Two soups, one bread, one pie with cabbage, two room temperature drinks, […]

Russia’s Investigation Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin invited U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to come to Moscow in order to discuss the investigation of the crimes committed against 13 adopted Russian children in the United States… In his letter to Holder, Bastrykin noted that Russian investigators are investigating criminal cases concerning the violence against Russian children […]

Attached to Moscow is a city of 200,000 people (Korolev) and it is that city that Sveta and I live in. Today it is snowing so hard that visibility is around two or three meters at times and luckily it swirls away in a breeze and you can see far enough to tell if the […]

Munich’s Security Conference is held annually. This year marks the 49th session. Dozens of countries participated. Hundreds of world leaders attended. They included heads of state, foreign affairs and defense ministers, as well as other senior figures. Active engagement was prioritized. Current and future security challenges were discussed. In 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin took […]