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 […]
No matter how hard the West has tried to diminish what North Korea did and no matter how hard the West tries to spin the tales of terror about North Korea. The fact is that beyond a shadow of a doubt, North Korea put a satellite in orbit and if they can get that satellite […]
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and while I have remembered Christmas, I have also forgotten Christmas! So I am going to remember Christmas this day, right now! For we do not have Christmas on the same day here in Russia and I have become very Russian as the time goes by. That is what is going […]
“End of the World: In 4 or 5 billion years the world will end. The ‘sun reactor’, so to speak, is going to exhaust its fuel and life is going to end. So if you look at it from this point of view…I’m not frightened by that.” Putin… So I went to bed and was […]