Windows to Russia

As you know I love to follow the Russian tall ships. So when something comes up like: The Russian tall ship Pallada arrived in Honolulu on Monday, part of its international trans-Pacific expedition that kicked off in the Russian Far Eastern port of Vladivostok on July 1. During her stay in Honolulu, the Pallada will […]

Sveta makes a very good Cottage Cheese Pudding. It is a recipe that her mom taught her and Sveta likes to make it in the Village. It is really low sugar and high protein. I am not sure how authentic Russian it is, but I can tell you that a wonderful Russian woman makes it […]

That cup of chicory was good today and really it became two cups of chicory. While I was enjoying those cups of chicory I was doing some thinking’s… Today I see a lot of noise being made by Russia about Syria. I see statements coming from the higher ups in the government saying that we […]

The never ending story of Americans adopting Russians has been given a slam in the last few days – Sentence for killers of adopted Russian child ‘too lenient’: The 20-year custodial sentences handed down to the U.S. couple who killed their adopted Russian son were too light, Russia’s child rights ombudsman said on Thursday… Tymoshenko […]

In the modern world the media are not the key opinion-makers anymore –Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev stated at the Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum 2011. He noted that before a couple of channels, papers and radio stations were enough to form a public opinion but now millions of Internet-users shape the leading info trends. “Today everyone […]

Believe it or not, this was taken with a camera phone. My LG phone is a lousy phone but a great camera… 🙂 The lake in front is almost dry and since it is going on Winter it will stay dry. They will put no new fish in until next Spring. As you see the […]

A Yak-42 plane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team crashed after take-off in the Yaroslavl Region on September 7. More than 40 people died in the crash. 🙁 Windows to Russia!

Today I decided that since I have fought a long battle now against a Democracy that wants to shut down Windows to Russia, literally. I would do some thinking’s over a cup of chicory about democracy… First off what is democracy? Lets use this one and just click the link and you will find a […]