Windows to Russia

Lets look at what the airwaves are buzzing about in Russia? Occupy Wall Street protesters declared victory after thousands of demonstrators shut down one of America’s busiest shipping ports late on Wednesday. Now I have got to say that Russian bloggers are lit up about this issue called the Occupy Wall Street. Now Russian mass […]

While sipping that wonderful cup of coffee (chicory), once again I was doing some thinking’s. Today it was about raw milk in Russia… The example I am going to give you is why I really love Russia and hope it never changes. This is where the old, “I am freer than you!” saying I have […]

I have long expressed my distaste for the way Russian drivers drive in their cars. This video just reinforces my feelings. Sveta and I have seen hundreds of accidents just on the streets of Moscow, that happened only because of stupidity and training. I blame the system in Russia for the poor drivers. No training […]

On Wednesday, November 2, Roskomnadzor prepared to demonstrate the hardware-software complex control (PAC), which in December of this year, will begin monitoring in compliance with Article 4 of the media law on the inadmissibility of the abuse of media freedom in Russia… To monitor the text in the dictionary of more than 5 million words […]

RBC, 02.11.2011, Moscow 11:18:05.Ukraine and Russia have clinched an agreement which paves the way for a transition to payments for a part of Russian natural gas supplies in Russian rubles as well as U.S. dollars, National Bank of Ukraine said in a statement late on Monday. Ukraine currently pays Russia some $1 bn a month […]

Sipping that wonderful cup of coffee (chicory) this morning got me doing some thinking’s. I have been studying and watching a real issue in the Western world that is manifesting itself into a destructive force… I was thinking back to my past as a food service director. I was in a very political job situation […]

Something new will be held on Wednesday in Moscow. The first ever contest of the grandmothers (babushkas)… Called Super-Babushka 2011, the Department of Government of the City Social Welfare has announced… A total of 105 babushkas all over 50 years old have applied to compete for the titles of Moscow’s most elegant, modern, smart, business […]

The Russian tall-ship Kruzenshtern is in the Spanish port of Vigo at the end of a two-week voyage from the Canaries… The call will last 4 days and include on-board visits and a packed bilateral cultural program… The Kruzenshtern or Krusenstern (Russian: Барк Крузенштерн) is a four masted barque and tall ship that was built […]

After all most 8 months, the NATO war in Libya is in the liquidation phase on Monday, despite the calls of the provisional leadership of Libya for the operation to continue… The Security Council voted Oct. 27 to withdraw from the country the no-fly zone entailed by the UN, and the completion of the campaign […]