Windows to Russia

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 […]

Pakistan and America were and, perhaps, still are friends. Nevertheless, mostly this relationship has been a roller coaster ride, especially after the Afghan war that is the major cause of instability in Pakistan. Consequently, the economy is collapsing, militancy is increasing impacting Pak-US relations. Despite geopolitical bondage Islamabad and Washington blamed each other for it. […]

Wow can you believe what just happened and all in the name of starting a war! Israel with the blessings of America (NATO and chums) went and violated intentionally the airspace of Syria with a “cock and bull” story about “prospects” of “illegal weapon transfers” which of course, will never be confirmed as always is […]