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Russia can export up to 250,000 tons of poultry meat on foreign markets in 2012 and Russia is planning to bring this figure to 400,000 tonnes by 2015. All the while keeping the domestic market saturated at the same time with home grown chicken…

This is a bold statement from a country just a few years ago that had to import chicken by the tons to met demand. But as I have said in several articles. Sveta and I have seen huge chicken farms springing up all over the place as we travel Russia to our village…

As with the influx of money into the grain business in Russia, so has money been imputed in vast amounts in the poultry industry. It has paid off and it looks like Russia has become self sufficient in Poultry now. That is going to make America cry because the American poultry industry has dumped poor quality chicken on Russia for many years…

I find at the stores in Moscow, that you do not see the famous fat huge American chickens hardly anymore. The Russian chicken tastes better and cooks up so much leaner. That makes a difference…

Try these past articles:
http://windowstorussia.com/the-chicken-never-leaves-the-news-in-russia.html
http://windowstorussia.com/no-frozen-chicken-says-russia.html
http://windowstorussia.com/putin-talks-chicken.html
http://windowstorussia.com/first-russia-and-now-china-giving-the-us-chicken-woes.html
http://windowstorussia.com/bad-move-russia-lifts-chicken-ban-on-america.html
http://windowstorussia.com/once-again-russia-and-america-play.html

So Russia has gone from one of the largest poultry importers in the world to a poultry exporter. That is what I like about Russia…

As you can see this is a subject that I follow on Windows to Russia. So it should be no surprise when I say: “Russia does not need that disgusting, fat, bad for you and antibiotic fed chicken from America…”

Kyle Keeton
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PS: I know chicken is dropping in price now. I just paid 75 rubles total price for a whole bird and it weighed over 1.25 kilos. That is lots of good eating…

Russia’s tiny but vocal Pirate Party joined on Wednesday in the global campaign against anti-piracy bills in the U.S. Congress that it says will jeopardize Russia’s emerging internet-dependent democracy and infringe on internet freedom…

“If these bills are adopted, U.S. judges would get the legal right to block the Russian social network Vkontakte as internet pirate №1, as well as Twitter and Facebook,” Pirate Party member Sergei Kolennik, 26, said…

A dozen party members attempted to stage a rally near the U.S. embassy in Moscow but were prevented by police, who detained two. However, the activists managed to pass a petition to U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul through the embassy’s post office…

“We ask you not to remain indifferent but to convey to the U.S. public and government how important it is for the democratic future of Russia to save the freedom of internet,” the petition said…

It also cited the case of the Lopukhovs, who in 2007 set up the torrent tracker interfilm.ru to share movies and music. The couple is now facing a six-year prison term and the Russian Anti-Piracy Society (RAPO) has estimated the damage caused by their actions to film companies at $1 billion…

Hundreds of web resources all over the world, including English-language Wikipedia, blog-hosting site WordPress, social-media news site Reddit and the web page of the Pirate Party of Russia went dark on Wednesday in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) which are currently under discussion in the U.S. Congress…

The U.S. bills are intended to crack down on online movie and music piracy by blocking access to web resources thought to contain unauthorized copyright material and have already stirred serious discontent from web giants and internet users…

The music and film industries have backed the controversial bills, but Google, Facebook and Twitter have said the proposed measures represent a serious threat to innovations in the web industry…

A prominent Russian intellectual property lawyer Svetlana Kokina said that even if SOPA and PIPA are adopted, this will not strongly impede internet piracy…

“In my view, it’s impossible to tackle internet piracy; several attempts have already been made and they failed,” she said, adding that governments should rather come up with a legal framework to regulate internet piracy, as has been done with prostitution in several countries…

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday criticized a liberal radio station for laboring on behalf of U.S. foreign policy interests and going overboard with the notion of freedom of speech…

At a meeting with Russian media directors in his out-of-town residence, Putin took issue with the way Ekho Moskvy, which provides generous air time to opposition figures, handled the U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense system in Europe…

He cited a live show he had “accidentally” tuned into, featuring a panel discussion with some of the participants suggesting it did not matter how far away from the Russian borders the U.S. missile interceptors would be located…

He dismissed such claims as “utter nonsense.”

“If they are closer [to Russian borders] they will be closer to our ground based missiles and will be able to shoot them down, but if they are further away they will not reach our missiles and shoot them down,” he said addressing editor in chief Alexei Venediktov…

“How come that doesn’t matter? It does matter. It’s a fundamental issue.”

Putin said he also had a problem with the idea that the United States was proposing missile defense cooperation to Russia…

“It’s the other way around. We’re proposing [cooperation] and they’re refusing,” he said…

He slammed the show as “serving the foreign policy interests of one state with regard to another, Russia.”

Putin recalled that Ekho Moskvy is owned by a state company (Gazprom) and funded by the Russian taxpayer, adding that such things would be impossible in the United States…

“You’re talking about freedom of speech. Where is it if not here?” he asked rhetorically…

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Windows to Russia supports the Free Internet and if we allow it to die we have lost a huge part of our lives that will never be replaced ever again…

Say No to censorship…

Tell Congress: Please don’t censor the web!

Kyle and Sveta Keeton
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(If you want to see pictures of Russian Metro – most beautiful subway system in the world, please, look at this article!)

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and was thinking about that my wife came home a little upset yesterday. Now Svet just does not get upset at the world, she is very calm and peaceful. So when she says that she saw something that upset her and she took pictures! I listened, (yes I actually listen).

So to help understand, lets look at the pictures first.
1st picture: Elder Babushka having to stand on metro.
2nd picture: First 3 of the 6 much younger men sitting and not offering their seat.
3rd picture: Second 3 of the 6 younger men in the same row.

As you can see they are trying to hide their faces and look the other way. Svet got a little bit peeved at this display of inconsideration.

In Russia, The children and elderly are to be given seats. The men and younger women should stand when possible. My wife says that she is a younger woman, so she will stand most times when Metro is crowded.

These men know that they should get up, but they really do not care! That is what upset my wife.

I thought about this this morning and decided to post an article about it.

I think that on public transport that men, if able should give their seat to older women (babushkas), children, Mothers and anyone else that seems to have problems standing. I was raised to be polite and considerate.

What makes this even more important is that young women in Russia will get up and give their seat to elderly and children much more than men.(That makes us men look really bad)

Kyle Keeton
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PS By this moment we have 3 big articles about Moscow Metro and it’s history. Check them if you are interested:
1) Moscow Metro: Part 1 (What it is – Metro in Moscow)
2) Moscow Metro: Part 2 (History of Moscow Metro)
3) Moscow Metro: Part 3 (Beauty of Moscow Metro)

Iran said it will send the U.S. a toy model of a RQ-170 Sentinel drone in response to Washington’s request to return the aircraft that crashed in Iran last year, Iran’s Radio Payam said on Tuesday.

The miniature will be sent to Washington during a special ceremony to mark the 34th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran on February 5.

Iran says it brought down the U.S. stealth reconnaissance drone, which crossed into Iran’s airspace from neighboring Afghanistan and fell there on December 4.

A group of Iranians decided to manufacture and market a 1:80 scale model of the drone “at their own expense,” the radio said.

The models, measuring 30 by 14 cm will cost 70,000 rials, or around $6 at the current exchange rate.

The toy will bear an inscription: “We will trample the U.S.”

Source:

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For the past few weeks Russia has been really starting to get upset over what they are finding in Libya as Russia gets back to business. It has become an appalling situation to the Russians that are finally allowed to see the carnage for themselves and unlike the Western world businessmen who “see no evil – hear no evil – and speak no evil” the Russians are not squelched by the rules that apply to the censored West…

Now the Russian government says: Russia demands a thorough investigation into the NATO operation in Libya, the Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told reporters in Moscow earlier Tuesday.

According to the official, this kind of investigation will help draw a true picture of what happened in the North African country.

The diplomat said that Russia had already called the UN Security Council attention to the consequences of NATO airstrikes.

We know of heavy civilian losses, but unfortunately the NATO leaders keep claiming the opposite, Gatilov said.

Now if there really was a true international investigation done by neutral countries. (Other words countries that did not bomb the hell out of Libya!) The findings would turn the world upside down…

It is time for a real investigation of the war crimes committed by the West in Libya. If for no other reason but to wake the world up and keep the Libya Scenario from happening again in this world…

While we are at it lets investigate all the other recent scenarios that have happened or about to happen: For right now we are working on the Iran Scenario and a Syrian Scenario. We have an ongoing Afghanistan Scenario and of course the never ending Iraq Scenario that we Americans, like to pretend is over, as we stick our head in the sand…

It is time for America to lead the world by trust, morals, peace and respect! Time for the children to put the bombs away…

Kyle Keeton
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This is interesting: Moscow’s government is trying to reduce the city’s internal population by about 25%. They will do this by encouraging people to move out of the city. The Mayor has promised that no one will be forced to move though if they do not want to…

On January 1, 2011, Moscow’s population was officially 11.552 million, the city has almost exhausted its resources and the pressure on its transport, environment and the social sector is too intense. So to put the city right, it is necessary to remove people from the city, especially its historical center, where 35+ percent of jobs are concentrated. With the projected growth of the Moscow population (resident and visiting) it is necessary to reduce it by 8.5-9 million people, i.e., to settle over 2.5 million Muscovite’s in the surrounding territory called the Moscow region. The capital should have no more than 1 million people (currently there is 6.3 million working in the center) with jobs, and the Moscow region create 1.5 million more jobs. Then the need to figure out how to stop the influx of visiting people for business each day needs to be addressed. The idea being floated around does not give all the details. But the prospect for the annexing of more land to Moscow in the amount of 150,000 hectares of land, between the Kiev and Warsaw highways – such towns as Klimovsk, Troitsk and Shcherbinka will be merged with Moscow…

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So this morning that cup of coffee chicory was excellent. Today is my birthday and I am not going to do a whole lot on any of the websites. At least not visible to everyone type work. Sveta and I are in the process of setting up a dedicated server and that is keeping us busy right now. From the looks of it – we may be busy a long time… 🙂

So my thought this morning over that great cup of Russian Chicory…

You know, I thought of something — After reading the comments on 90% of the websites from America over the years, it makes me think that not only is our government run by tyrannical dolts and idiots who have no respect for the constitution, but that my fellow citizens are so out of touch with reality (any reality) of what’s going on with the world as a whole today that it indicates to me that my country as I know it has an unfortunate and inescapable outcome awaiting it..

There is too much talk / not enough action, too much hate, too much pro-war, too much laughing at others faults, too many arm chair warriors, too many chiefs not enough workers, too many scared people, too many skeletons in the closet, too much immorality, too many people talking trash, too many people putting forward their narrow minded ideas before thinking about the consequences of what they’re saying, too many trolls, too many people who write before their brain functions (same as speak before you think), too many people (who have the same manners of letting the door slam in your face instead of looking to see who is behind them first) play games on the internet, too many people hide from reality online, and too many people who can not even find the countries on the map that we (Americans) are destroying in the name of democracy…

If these are my fellow citizens of America, then America is doomed to an unfortunate and inescapable outcome awaiting it..

Kyle Keeton
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America plays a game of  WWIII with Iran. America wants war with Iran. America wants to control everything Iran does. America wants a regime change in Iran. America is doing everything to keep Iran from selling oil. America wants the Central bank of Iran to collapse. America wants and America wants and America wants. America wants Iran to kiss its ass…

I seem to remember the same kinda thing happening with Japan before WWII… (Go do some searching and reading!)

Yes Oil – that mighty war starter of the world…

I listened to Russian news today and noticed that while Russia said that Iran needs to get on the band wagon over the nuclear issue. The ending of the news report was strongly pointed at America and the West: Any new sanctions or a possible strikes against Iran ‘will be perceived by international community as an attempt at changing’ Tehran’s regime, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov stated on Saturday news report…

I have talked about these warning shots before and this is a subtle warning shot that should not be ignored. Russia is not going to play these games. Russia does have what it takes to back their warnings up…

I have also seen China wake up and they have become very serious when America just played games with a Chinese state company: US has imposed economic sanctions on a Chinese oil company for selling refined oil products to Iran as part of the American effort to pressurize Tehran over its nuclear program, official media here reported…

Now that was stupid and it was a reaction by America over the visit by Geithner recently and China told Geithner to stick it where the sun do not shine. China has what it takes to back up what they warn about also…

They should have done worse to America as we militarily tried to intimidate China recently (We failed though!) and then we ask for favors. We want China’s help against Iran… (Sick – are we not?)

We (America is) really are a screwed up country and China / Russia are starting to see that in full glory…

Russia and China both are putting the word out that there better not be any more Libyan type issues and Iran is off limits. But I know America and they will not go down without taking half the world with them, if they can, they will take the whole world with them…

Maybe just one of the thousands that read this article in America over the next few days will wake up and say, “Hey why are we doing that to other countries? Wouldn’t it be better if we just tried to get along in the world? Instead of being a bully!” Then maybe they might help spread the word about how our country treats other countries…

But I realize that makes me a bad person to want our troops home and get America out of all other countries, where we stir up trouble everyday…

Kyle Keeton
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PS: One thing that is happening in the world and it is real obvious to me. Is – that the democracy that is slowly developing in Russia and China is going to be vastly superior to the democracy that developed in America. But remember America has lost what they called democracy, so Russia and China will be worlds ahead of America in the future…