Putin reveals outdoor passions in US interview: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke of his passion for fishing and extolled the virtues of the outdoor life in an unusual interview with a US hunting and fishing magazine published on Wednesday. “I value more and more what sport has given me, the habit of a healthy […]
Today as promised we will take a picture tour into the Privoz Market. It was said to have began in 1827. It is a buyers paradise and anything (I mean anything) can be found there somewhere… It seems that the main market is devoted to foods and then as the market grew it encompassed a […]
While sipping that morning cup of coffee. I was doing some thinking’s on the Russian presidency. The media either from the West or East, has “their panties all in a twist” trying to figure out what is going on with Medvedev and Putin… The articles either extenuates or exasperates the situation according to what ever […]
Kremlin Tells Kids Opposition Is Important I found this link above (Click the далее button!) interesting, but it is in Russian. So some English information to get you started below… Entrance page has a little statement on it. It goes something like this… “Do you like when you and I do not agree? Argue, argue, […]
Russia will not back a possible UN Security Council resolution on Syria, President Dmitry Medvedev told a Skolkovo press conference outside Moscow on Wednesday… “I will never support such a resolution, and even my closest friends will not be able to prod me to do so”, Medvedev said… Political unrest shows no signs of abating […]
I took 500+ pictures on this trip. It is nice having a really good camera phone that takes pictures as well as many cameras do. Sveta forgot her camera because she was in such a hurry to get to Ukraine and had so many loose ends to tie up before leaving. So we were saved […]
Kurils belong to Russia – Foreign Ministry: Russia’s sovereignty over the Kuril Islands rests on an indisputable international law basis, says the Russian Foreign Ministry in a statement. The Ministry has posted a commentary on its website to point out that more attempts to question the islands’ status as part of Russia fails to impart […]
I have talked many times about how Russia always gives one or two warning shots when things are just not right. In the case of the START Treaty they gave the first salvo before the treaty was even signed… So lets see what Russia has to say today about the START is a FART Treaty… […]