Windows to Russia

I have not walked the dog the last few days because I have been feeling bad. So I was surprised when Sveta came in last night and said, something is very different and strange outside tonight. I then found out that she meant that all the stray dogs are gone… So I went out today […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & thinking about sandwiches! In America a sandwich is food, meal, art & tradition! The term Dagwood Sandwich comes to my mind. http://whatscookingamerica.net/Dagwood A real sandwich is awesome! In Russia; the concept of a sandwich is still very foreign and new. Russia has a form of a […]

Those War Drums are beating so loud that they keep people up at night even all the way over here in Russia… “Now that military operations in Libya are ending, there will be renewed focus on what practical military operations might be considered to protect civilian lives in Syria,” McCain told a World Economic Forum […]

Many residents of the Moscow region will receive an unexpected boost in their social status on January 1, when City Hall legally incorporates huge chunks of land as part of the Greater Moscow expansion project. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Moscow Region Governor Boris Gromov will formally sign legal documents on January 1 that will […]

This morning over coffee I just had to express what I use for search engines in the last few months. I decided that Google was just to big and controlling. That Google has too much information on everyone in the world and it is monopolized. It just does not seem right… I have silently switched […]

“We have to rely on the facts and international law,” Lavrov said. “It is said (Geneva Convention) that a participant captured in an armed conflict must be treated in a certain way, and in any case, a prisoner of war must not be killed…” Russia has criticized NATO military action in Libya, saying it has […]

Sveta and I were just in Turkey. In Turkey Gasoline is sky high in price and I really think that if Russians and Americans had to pay these prices as in Turkey then people would really riot… Turkey uses lira as money. Gasoline is priced in lira. Price per liter (not gallon) in Turkey runs […]

Last night I received a slew of comments on the e-mail system. I expected to be slandered all over the place as I usually am. I had in mind just to delete them all and say Oops… I was wrong and totally amazed at the compassion and sadness at the way Gaddafi was treated in […]