Something that is very interesting while traveling Russia is the unheard of growth everywhere that you see while traveling. I mean unbelievable growth of businesses. Businesses from all over the world… The real interest in this growth for me started the last train trip to Ukraine. I was on a day time train and had […]
NATO said on Wednesday it had extended its Libyan mission for a further 90 days, after Muammar Qaddafi made it clear he would not step down, dashing hopes of a negotiated end to the uprising against his rule… Of course we will only be there for a few days at most… Libya: NATO bombings killed […]
Russia Profile Experts Panel: Has Medvedev Become a Lame Duck?Introduced by Vladimir FrolovRussia Profile05/27/2011 Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has been savaged by the Russian and Western media for breaking little new ground and failing to announce his presidential bid during a lackluster press-conference last week. It is true that the event was overhyped by the […]
Could this be true or just smoke in the wind? If it is true then at least the G8 sidelines got something important done, because the main G8 meeting was a joke as usual… As a first major step, we have instructed our officials to concentrate on visa liberalization on a reciprocal basis for the […]
By Paul Ames: DEAUVILLE, France, May 26 (Xinhua) — Russian President Dmitri Medvedev was in the thick of the action early at the G8 on Thursday. He’d met separately with both his American and French counterparts even before the summit proper go underway. But the bonhomie with Barack Obama and the conclusion of an important […]
I was drinking that morning cup of coffee and enjoying the aroma wafting in the air. It was a cool 10 degrees Celsius this morning and that as always is good weather for a hot beverage. My thoughts this morning with that cup of coffee centered on Syria and Pakistan… It is starting to look […]
A U.S. national killed his Russian wife and then committed suicide by jumping from a window on the 15th floor of the Izmailovskaya hotel in the northwest of Moscow, a police source said on Thursday. “The man stabbed his wife with a knife and then jumped from a hotel window,” he said. The source declined […]
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Meat With Mayonnaise And Fruits on top is a very common dish in Russia. In fact it is very common in Ukraine also. I eat a solid meat portion covered in a thick mixture of mayonnaise and fruits, nuts, veggies or any other ingredients that suit your fancy as a regular meal while in Ukraine […]
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