Windows to Russia

I am sipping that great cup of coffee and this time it is a German branded coffee. I try coffee and thinking’s from all over the world and I find that in general, coffee is coffee, but thinking’s are not just thinking’s…

According to where you are from and how much you allow the media to alter your thinking’s. The simple fact that killing children can be either a wondrous thing (Such as predator drone killings all over the world) to the end of society (such as the Sandy Hook massacre)…

I guess I am an old fashioned and you “can not teach old dogs new tricks,” kinda guy! Killing children anywhere in the world is a damn bad thing and “that is that”. But times have changed and we seem to be very happy to kill children all over the world in the name of national security of the USA…

So: coffee is coffee and my thinking’s are what count as I write this! That my friend is what this article is about, “My Thinking’s!” Be those thinking’s are different from yours, is your problem and not mine…

Apart from the first thought above, that second sip of coffee made me contemplate the gold issue between Germany and the USA. Germany is asking for some of her gold back and America has responded that it will take 7 years to get it returned… !!!???

What is news is that courtesy of the supplied calendar of events in the Buba statement, it will take the Fed some seven years to procure Germany’s 300 tons of gold. This is the same Fed that, in its own words, holds some “216 million troy ounces of gold” or some 6720 tons, in its vault 80 feet below ground level. (Source >>>)

Hmm! Seems fishy to me…

That third sip of coffee brought this revelation: Hillary Clinton is a Psycho and she is loosing it as she is set up to be the fall guy in Obama’s world of fantasy as president. Did you see Hillary at the inquest of Benghazi? Hoo Hoo Hoo is was a trip and she is not happy with taking the blame and being the fall guy, or should I be politically correct and say, “Fall Person?”

That fourth sip of coffee as I shook my head in realization of what is happening in the world. Was centered on Mali and the Western Empires faltering system and finances. We destroyed Libya and now those wonderful rebel people who we armed to the teeth, to kill Gaddafi, are trying to bite the hand that feeds it. We must have done a poor job of feeding the wonderful rebel people?

Notice how Syria has taken a back seat to Mali? By the time we come back to Syria, maybe we can claim that 10,000,000 people have died there at the hands of the Syrian government and that the rebels are so innocent that they are born again Christians twice over…

That fifth sip of coffee saw me looking at a shot over the Empires bow! Here is one of many things that Lavrov said yesterday: Lavrov warned the Western Empire, who are led by the United States, against any military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities to prevent Tehran developing nuclear arms. This, he said, was a “Very, very dangerous idea.” This is a red line being drawn and formed…

That sixth sip of coffee saw me looking at, Report: Top al Qaeda leader killed – CNN…

Do you realize how many al Qaeda leaders that we have killed? It seems to be in the thousands. Almost every damn al Qaeda must be a leader! No wonder they are winning! I read these reports as this: Today Afghanistan news sources said three children killed in illegal drone strike and the next day American news says, Three al Qaeda leaders killed in drone precision drone strike in Afghanistan…

The seventh sip of coffee saw me looking at: “Women in combat: Pentagon to overturn military ban!” Okay, I guess our women need to get in on the action and kill some children also. That just makes the circle of life complete. Go women and then you can have a extremely high suicide rate also, just like the men you so wanna be…

That eighth sip of coffee had me thinking about the way China is showing massive support for disarming America. Oh yes for those of you mentally incapable of seeing outside the box! The world outside the box is dancing at the thought of America disarming her civilians. In fact I have seen article after article from China, Russia, Asia, Europe and many many other places, that is Gung-ho in support of Obama taking away those weapons of mass destruction from Americans. Sneaky world and you will not see this unless you dig deep for the Western press really ignores it… (Example: China Calls for ‘No Delay’ on Gun Controls in U.S.) or (China to Obama: Gun Control Works!!!)

That ninth sip of coffee had my mind wandering back to women on the front line in the military! Seems kinda stupid as I think back to what I have seen! God Bless America, because she is going to need all the help with morals she can get, when we have women being subjected to the quagmire of ^%$& that entails a front line assault and you are shooting children with hand grenades as they advance upon your line of defense. The children do this because we are invading their land and that is what you do when someone invades your land. Kill at any and all cost, for they have all to gain/lose and we are the invaders…

I guess I am too old fashioned! What happened to the desire to nurture babies instead of killing them? What happened to protecting women and children? What happened to “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle!” Oh I forgot! That is discrimination to think women should raise children, so that societies will be better. Also we want to disarm civilians and at the same time lets make better killing machines out of our women…

It is said that if you corrupt a man – you corrupt a man. But if you corrupt a woman – you corrupt society…

What indeed did happen?

I sipped another sip and decided that I will stop! My blood pressure is up and I despise what the world is doing to the innocent people and I really do not want to talk about how we are marching a path to war and Russia just set a red line in the sand…

I thought about the song: “Why Can’t we be friends…”

Kyle Keeton
Windows to Russia…

It looks like it would be better for the tourists to stay home at this time of the year during winter. Unless that is, you would like to help shovel snow over your head?

As happens every year, it is always an issue of where to put the snow? The snow does not melt, because the temperature never gets above freezing. So we have two (3) ways to deal with it, 1. Pack it down and hope the 6 foot solid ice packs melt by next winter, or 2. scoop it up and pile it to the sun in an obscure spot of the parking lot. Now in Moscow, center they have a third way that we do not have, 3. Scoop it and melt it… (Video)

So if you do not move it, ultimately the pathways get so packed up that two legged people have serious issues to get around. Much less cars and trucks and 4 legged doggies…

Boza is having a rough time as he tries to figure out where to do his doggy business. As he stops to try to do the call of nature, he sometimes sinks out of sight in the snow surface he was just running across, Then he has the urge to jump like a deer to get out of that sinking feeling. This makes for less desire to do doggy business and more desire to survive and imperious death of snow drift…

The world of Russia is made up of sleds, skies, snow shoes and lotsa darn luck…

It is strange to walk your regular paths and sidewalks. The tree limbs that were way over your head in the summer are now at eye level. So you trim the trees as you walk and since I am tall, I am first to trim most of the time. I have to really be careful as the limbs will be eye level many times for me and can put an eye out. Then after it all melts come summer (notice I said summer not spring) the tree limbs are way way far above your head again. Then they can start to grow again and we get to play the same game all over, next winter…

I just love Russia…

Kyle Keeton
Windows to Russia…

POLITICS:

An interview with Russian children’s ombudsman Pavel Astakhov on the possible consequences of the recently introduced law banning US residents from adopting Russian children… (Kommersant)

A draft law on inefficient budget spending was submitted on Monday to the Russian parliament’s lower house, the State Duma… (Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

A presidential election in Russia is not scheduled for another five years, but the people who will run the polling stations and count the ballots are already being selected… (The Moscow Times)

Russia’s lower house of the parliament, the State Duma, is set to debate a bill allowing policemen to break into private premises where they believe a crime is taking place or a criminal is hiding out… (Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

ECONOMY and BUSINESS:

Moscow Region authorities say they need 131 billion rubles for road construction… (Vedomosti)

US-Russian joint venture Ford Sollers begins manufacturing a new minivan, the Tourneo Custom, that can carry eight or nine passengers… (Vedomosti)

The Moscow Exchange will hold its initial public offering (IPO) on its own trading floor, Russia’s leading stock exchange said in a statement on Monday, without disclosing the size or time of the flotation… (The Moscow Times)

SPACE the Final Frontier:

The government will this year finish building the infrastructure needed for the Vostochny space launch facility, an alternative to Kazakhstan’s Baikonur space center… (The Moscow Times)

DEFENSE:

Russia sold a record $15.16 billion worth of arms in 2012, and expanded its foreign client list, the Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service (FSMTC) said… (Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

Russia has started the largest naval exercises for the past few decades in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, as momentum builds in Syria’s civil war… (Nezavisimaya Gazeta)

WORLD:

On Monday Georgians gathered in central Tbilisi to demand President Mikheil Saakashvili’s resignation… (Nezavisimaya Gazeta)

SOCIETY:

Moscow City Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a family seeking a harsher sentence for Rasul Mirzayev, a martial arts world champion who was convicted of causing a student’s death… (Kommersant)

Russia urgently needs to attract immigrants over the coming years to avoid labor shortages, the country’s top migration official said… (The Moscow Times)

CYBER:

President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) to create a system to detect and prevent cyber-attacks against information resources in the country… (Kommersant)

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First batch of oil pumped through the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline delivered to Japan and it all happened so quietly that you never knew it was happening…

TOKYO, January 21 (Itar-Tass) — The tanker Diamond Aspire delivered the first batch of oil, which was pumped through the second stage of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline system, to Japan on Monday. The vessel flying the flag of Singapore carried 100,000 tons of oil. Now it is being unloaded in the port of Kashima in the Prefecture of Ibaraki in the north-east of Honshu Island, informed sources told ITAR-TASS.

In less than 48 hours a ship from Russia can supply oil that takes Saudi Arabia weeks to deliver…

Damn Russia is just killing the West softly…

Kyle Keeton
Windows to Russia…

McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast food chain, has received permission to open its first five outlets in Novosibirsk, Siberia…

Siberia? That place that we always threatened to send bad people too? Yes and now all the bad people get McDonald’s…

I have waited years for this to happen and I said many years ago, that McDonald’s one day will step into Siberia…

Sveta said, “Why?”

I said, “Because you have tons of expendable money and Russian’s will support a McDonald’s at the North Pole if they build one there. Russians love McDonald’s more than Americans do…”

I watched long ago, the process of people flying McDonald’s burgers into Siberia. They wanted those burgers so bad they would pay any price! It was just a matter of time before McDonald’s caught on to that trick and built some small burger places as a test in Siberia. The first units will seat around 50 customers each. I also suspect that a walk up window will be mandatory in Siberia as Russian are crazy about standing in line outside to get burgers at McDonald’s. Well at least at all the McDonald’s that I see in Russia.  This is no lie, I have seen twenty people standing at a McDonald’s walk up window in the middle of the night and it is -20 C below zero. Just standing in line to get burgers and milkshakes! Yes milkshakes…

I suspect that in less than 10 years we will see hundreds of McDonald’s in Siberia…

Ah! The power of McDonald’s…

Kyle Keeton
Windows to Russia…

Imagine if the world was 5 times it’s current size – would we have 5 times the wars?

Better yet how about lets imagine the Earth is the size of Jupiter. The largest planet in our solar system. Imaging a planet the size of Jupiter populated the same as Earth…

How many times more wars could we gather up on a planet that size?

Jupiter’s diameter is 11 times larger than Earth. In other words, you could put 11 Earths side-by-side to match the diameter of Jupiter. Jupiter’s volume is even bigger, it would take 1,321 Earths to fill up the volume of Jupiter. In terms of just surface area, Jupiter is 121 times bigger than the Earth. That’s how many Earths could be flattened out to cover the surface of Jupiter.

The surface area of 122 Earths full of humans running around killing each other…

No that is not a far stretched statement that I just made. Think how this year has started and how the last few years have gone. If we lived on a planet the size of Jupiter. Think about how many wars we could wage on a planet that size…

Then I went back through history and we are definitely not any more civilized than we were thousands of years ago and it looks like we never will become civilized in any way or means…

What a screwed up world we live in, just put on the blinders and practice that smile in the mirror, because you are going to need them…

Kyle Keeton
Windows to Russia…

Pakistan may face revolution at home and war on the border. The environment in Pakistan is charged, to say the least. This is a combination of internal dynamics and geopolitics, reaching critical mass.

For over a decade, the Pakistani nation has been squeezed on many fronts. Ever since the war on terror began, Pakistan’s western border has become a war zone; its economy has been ruined, inflation gallops and militancy prevails. On top of that Indian threats mount, even as America plans to withdraw from Afghanistan.

Against this backdrop, three major dynamics are combining. These include US drawdown from Afghanistan, Pakistani people’s demand for change and India’s overt hostility toward Pakistan.

Pakistan Revolution: In Pakistan, the people have been deprived of the basics of life. Law and order problems persist in the country. Many people, who joined the long march, merely wanted electricity, gas, affordable fuel, jobs, etc. Undoubtedly, they have been robbed and deprived of their basic rights for ages. Still the brave, frugal and patriotic people maintain great love for their country and faith in Allah for a bright future of their children.

Pakistan’s main problem is the corrupt and decadent elite that is self-serving and foreign influenced. They have robbed the wealth of this country and transferred it abroad. For this, they were either facilitated or blackmailed by the foreign powers. In power circles, thus, the elite continued to do their bidding for geopolitical ends. Resultantly, poor and middle income people are getting poorer, while the country is getting destabilised.

Certainly, the elite outlook is parochial and not nationalistic. They have entrenched themselves in lands, business, bureaucracy and other levers of power. They monopolise wealth and there is little trickledown effect. This has not only deprived the masses, but also marginalised and confused them. Every effort has been made to divide Pakistanis by our internal and external enemies.

But now they are awaking from their deep slumber. They are uniting for a new Pakistan; they are seeking their basic rights. The next wave of revolutionary fervour would obviously be much more radical. Of course, democracy is still the way out, and the elections must lead to a reformed Pakistan. In future, two hundred million Pakistanis must be shareholders and stakeholders.

War against Pakistan: Even as the Americans depart from Afghanistan, India has started beating the war drum. Pakistan had hoped for peace once the Americans had left Afghanistan, but the eastern border became hot. After the recent clashes in Kashmir, the Indian army and air chiefs threatened Pakistan. Even the Indian Prime Minister has changed his tone towards Pakistan.

The Pakistan Army, while bravely defending the country, has acted with restraint and prudence. Surprisingly, despite Islamabad’s sincere efforts for peace, New Delhi is moving away from it. In spite of the fact that recently no terror strike took place in India for which Pakistan could be blamed, India intends to increase military presence along the border.

There are three basic reasons why India could follow a policy of confrontation with Pakistan. First, the USA’s military withdrawal from Afghanistan is making it nervous. Second, India wants to exploit any turmoil in Pakistan before it regains balance. Thirdly, New Delhi itself was unnerved by the rape protests and the gloss being removed from ‘Shining India’.

Furthermore, Kashmir or other problems add to its internal woes. And then there is little point of being the world’s number one arms importer and having a big army, if the neighbours are not to be bullied.

Reform Pakistan: The time to reform Pakistan has arrived. In Pakistan, the elite-based society must give way to a welfare society. The new political future of Pakistan should be of a united, wealth-sharing, peace-oriented culture with nationalistic aspirations. In Turkey, for example, much has been achieved through free and fair elections, while Egypt represents the much-hyped Tahrir Square model. However, an elected government can reform the country; if not, then a revolution may be likely!

Cold Peace with India: Nuclear armed Pakistan and India must avoid war. By resolving the Kashmir dispute, permanent peace can be achieved. The Pakistani government should neither confront India, nor appease it. A middle course will be ‘cold peace’, which means “peace but not friendship.” Friendly relations, however, can be maintained between the two countries once the core issues are resolved.

Pakistan’s army is well prepared, but India can miscalculate. Spending billions of dollars for buying more arms or Rafale fighter aircrafts after the Kashmir clash is suggestive of New Delhi’s militarist intent.

In addition to enhanced nuclear deterrence, Pakistani army needs to build up conventional deterrence, even while avoiding an arms race. This implies peace on the western border and internal front to refocus in the east. While pursuing peace with India, Pakistan must be fully prepared to deter war.

Having said that, the Kashmir border escalation has been controlled this time. But will the war be avoided next time?

The writer is a retired brigadier and has authored a book titled Gwadar on the Global Chessboard.

Email: nadirmir13@gmail.com – Blog: wwwpakistangeopolitics.blogspot.com

Windows to Russia….

This is last weeks posts! I decided to make it easier for the weekend viewers to find everything in one place for all that was posted this last week. I will try to post this once a week and I hope it helps. I have several e-mails that say that we (you) can not keep up at times with how many post you (I) post… 🙂

1. Windows to Russia is hosted at “1984 Hosting Company…”
2. Epiphany in Russia 2013…
3. The Windows Into Russia is the way to the soul of the Country…
4. Coffee and Another Day of More Freedom in Russia Than America…
5. Russian ombudsman supports creation of state agency for orphans…
6. Coffee and Can You Imagine The Rest?
7. Russia’s international reserves as of January 1, 2013…
8. The Political Opposition of Moscow Gathered Yesterday to Promote Selling Kids…
9. Change we need! by Nadir Mir…
10. Strategic direction of Pakistan Army by Nadir Mir…
11. Sanction’s They Will Hurt When it Becomes Our Time…
12. The world seventeen years from now by Joseph Nye…
13. Russia and China Need to Watch as the US Implodes…

If it helps I will make it a regular addition to the website. I have also been asked to bring back the several times a week news items. I guess some people miss those things from the past. I will think about it today and if you see it show back up again then you got my answer…

Kyle Keeton
Windows to Russia…

I have been patient for awhile now as I have watched my new hosting for over 6 months. As you know Windows to Russia has fought a huge battle against censorship and attacks based off the web interface. Windows to Russia was literally destroyed by government agencies in America as they pounded me day in and day out with Dos attacks to bring the site to a stand still…

It worked and Windows to Russia was set back years in advancement in rankings. Google wanted nothing to do with it due to constant attacks from DHS, TSA and many other government computers, many of these computers were located in guard stations at big government complexes. I have many articles on these attacks and these attacks did their number, to a very good blog that had reached a huge world wide audience…

So after trying a variety of ways to save the sight, I finally settled on a hosting company that I found by pure luck. A hosting company that understands what is happening in the world and is not part of the Western Empire desire for domination and freedom removal…

About 1984 Hosting Company

The 1984 Hosting Company was established in 2006 by a couple of free software and civil rights enthusiasts. We have since grown to become Iceland’s biggest web hosting company by far. Our goal is to offer high quality web hosting and VPS services at a competitive price, always respecting and protecting the civil and political rights of our customers. We only use green energy from renewable, sustainable sources and we always choose free software. Let’s elaborate a bit on those three pillars of our company’s approach:

1. IMMI and customers civil liberties. Unwavering loyalty to our customer and their fundamental rights is a core value of the 1984, hence the name to remind us of what can happen if we fall asleep on our watch. We state, that 1984 as a company and it’s officers will always go the extra mile to protect the customers civil rights, including the freedom of expression, the freedom of the press, the right to anonymity and privacy. 1984 will always do everything within it’s legal power to inform the customer of any inquires of any authorities, lawyers or courts into the customers affairs that the we may become aware of. It is essential that the jurisdiction that the company operates in is Iceland, where the IMMI legislation is forthcoming, making Iceland a haven for freedom of the press and freedom of expression in general.

2. Green, sustainable geothermal and hydro power energy. 1984 commits to a environmentally responsible business practices by utilizing only electricity from renewable energy sources and placing emphasis on reaching the highest possible energy utilization efficiency levels. This is achievable in Iceland, because all electricity production meets the aforementioned criteria and the cold climate makes PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) very high, meaning that for each watt used to run servers, storage and network equipment, proportionally very little is used for cooling, lighting and other overhead.

3. Free software is software that gives you the user the freedom to share, study and modify it. It’s not about price it is called free software because the user is free. 1984 values the freedom and transparency that Free Software offers, as well as the excellent security and reliability track record that the Free Software model offers. 1984 commits to using Free Software wherever possible. To use free software is to make a political and ethical choice asserting the right to learn, and share what we learn with others.

1984 Hosting Company was established with the hope to contribute responsibly and ethically to life on the internet. That’s why we’re in this business.

The 1984 team

I took the above quote right from their website and follow this link to see the site for yourself… Source >>>: They are Icelandic and communication gets interesting at times, but they also are very very good at what they do. They have had growing pains due to serious attacks by American interests and they have learned to survive, just as I learned to survive. They block hate before it gets to us on their servers and hence at times, we miss traffic. I would rather miss that traffic than have what I had to deal with as the DHS tried to ram a big one up my backside for years on end. Shame on America…

Windows to Russia is now growing again and has reached the levels that it obtained several years ago. I am proud of that and the growth has come from the world as a whole and not from the USA as is most normal for websites. Windows to Russia was virtually dead in the water and I almost gave up on keeping it going.  Sveta has stood by me and told me that Windows to Russia is the greatest thing and never give up on your hearts wishes…

Sveta is right and hence since 2007 Windows to Russia is still going strong…

But in the end, it was all in my favor…

I found a hosting company that had already fought huge battles of survival against the American attack machine and they named their hosting site titled:  “1984 – Big brother is watching you!”

Now that sums it up in a nutshell and I can only support people in this world now that have decided to say, “enough is enough…”

That is my new motto and I say “Enough is Enough!”

We are being stepped on left and right and we have a right to live a life of peace. If you do not believe that we deserve and have rights, freedoms and liberties! Then please get off the planet Earth at the next scheduled stop. All who like being watched over like Orwell expressed in his book 1984! Please exit to the right and watch the first step…

Thank You!

Kyle Keeton
Windows to Russia…

PS: Need a host? Use 1984 >>>

In Russia a window is more than just a window to look put of. A window is also the way to look into the soul of the Country and hence it is very important that windows are dressed properly at all times…

The picture above is what you will see for windows throughout the villages as you travel Russia. Even the colors are very typical of what you will see. It seems that only a few types of colors are available in a village and what you see is what you get…

It is the looking in through these windows that is what I am thinking about this morning as I sip that cup of coffee…

For you see the last few days have been rough and I really thought that I would end up in the hospital. I got sick and sick is actually a good word for what I had. I am feeling better and am going to drink two cups of coffee this morning. I have been drinking milk green tea from China and that was my mainstay the last few days. I don’t drink hot tea, if that is to show you how bad it got, for me…

I was able to see the soul of Russia first hand as I went from bad to worse and here is what I saw…

I saw that I could cease what I was doing and no one would care. I could never stop in America and even when I had heart attacks I had people showing up from the corporation to see if I could get back to work and if need be threaten me to hurry up and get back…

I saw how Sveta took two days off from work and stayed home to take care of me. She took the care of the dog off of my shoulders, she has forbid me to go outside for a week and she stocked the home with food and stuff, so that I had no excuse to go out and buy things. She cooked meals and in general just made sure that I would make it. She bought every type of pill that she could think off and some more that the pharmacist recommended…

(Speaking of a window into Russia: Pharmacists in Russia have no fear of lawsuits and actually no one has this fear. It is a wonderful feeling as you live in Russia to not worry about do what is right or get sued. Hence everyone likes to give advice on how to cure people and no one has to worry about being sued if they kill you! The truth is that you come out much better in this society, because in America to ere on the side of caution is detrimental many times to your life. No advice is poor advice at the best and in America is is common to hear, “I knew that and I knew what to make that better!”)

I saw how Russia has a hundred different ways to cure you and most are old fashion remedies passed down from generation to generation…

I saw Sveta’s family calling to see how I was doing and asking if I was getting better. They all had ways to help and really it seemed to me that they cared. Sveta’s uncle even made sure he put in his two cents worth as he just went through the same thing recently…

I had my birthday while I was sick and Sveta even made sure that I had my most favorite birthday food ever on this earth. I love lasagna for my birthday and usually make it myself. It is the birthday food of all birthday foods…

Sveta went to Globus and found lasagna in their area that they pre-cook the food at and picked up some. Now that was a birthday treat and a half. That made me feel better…

It really struck me as to how I am not alone anymore. Sveta is amazing and I think back to when she was even there during my last few heart attacks. She stayed by the phone all the way in Russia while I was in America and was there when I needed to call her. How is that for someone who cares for you?

That window in the picture above is just as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside. Russia is more than just a pretty face, Russia is a world of people who really do see life as it is. They understand hardship and they understand what it is about to do without…

They cure with grasses and twigs, your illness and they come to your house as a doctor to see you, if you need them too. I came close to having to have a doctor come, but just as I thought things would not get better, I felt a turning point happen inside of me and the light appeared at the end of the tunnel…

Russia is so wonderful and I sum it up according to a gift I got for my birthday:

A babushka in our building found out that I loved a certain type of bowl. Yes a bowl to eat from. She found out from Sveta that I adored a bowl that she had brought some salad in called “Olivier” and I had said that when I get a chance I need to get some bowls like that… 🙂

Well – guess what? I now have 10 such bowls to use as I desire. All brand new and all the most wonderful bowls that you could ever have…

That is what I mean when I say, “I just love Russia!”

Looking into the Windows into Russia is the best way to see Russia for what she really is…

Kyle Keeton
Windows to Russia…