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The Chief Executive Officer of the German RWT company Stefan Yudish has told the Berlin Forum devoted to the problem besetting the construction of the Nabucco pipeline that the project is at a standstill. Nabucco was conceived to deliver gas from the Caspian region to Europe, bypassing Russia and was also intended to rival the […]

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez on Thursday called for an end to the ongoing bloodshed in Libya and the start of political dialogue, the Kremlin said. The two leaders, who discussed the situation in the North African country by telephone, stressed the need for all parties concerned “to act strictly […]

The head of the political department of the United Russia party Aleksei Chadayev has sent in his resignation from the post, after he criticized Russia’s official stance on situation in Libya in his personal blog. He strongly criticized Russia’s official stance on Libya, saying that joining the international community in condemnation of Muammar Gaddafi is […]

It seems that Windows to Russia has a gremlin in the comment section. We are now back to original comments and being spammed like no tomorrow. This happened because the Google Friend Connect system completely invaded our system and even took over our profile section. I at one point had to completely reinstall the blog […]

I grew up in a world much like Russia is today. As I have said before that is what makes me comfortable here. It is a world that you know and is safe. It is a world that still allows you to make decisions based on your own thoughts and desires… The world that I […]

It is well known that Russia has made it clear that they are going to increase their Gold holdings by at least – 100 metric tons a year. Last year alone, the Central Bank of Russia expanded its gold holdings by 23.9 percent to 790 tons. (Link) What is not well known and thought of […]

GORKI, April 7 (Itar-Tass) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged regional ombudspersons for children’s rights to step up their work without waiting for instructions from Moscow. At a meeting with ombudsman under the Russian president for children’s rights Pavel Astakhov on Thursday, the head of state underlined that this institution had justified itself. “It is […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee here in Russia and wondering about what it is with people. Why is it when you try to help people they turn on you and make a mess of theirs and yours life? I learned early in my life that you never get involved with people personally […]

When a revolution takes place in a country – it is the business of the people in that country to conduct the revolution, believes anti-war activist John Reese from Stop the War Coalition. ­“My point about the western intervention would be this: I do not think that they did intervene in order to assist a […]