Windows to Russia

Have a happy and safe 4th of July, 2011! When I was young this was my second favorite big holiday (Christmas was first of course!) I just loved to set off fireworks. Sometimes I wonder how I survived after thinking about some of the things I did and created with fireworks… 🙂 Happy 4th… WindowsContinue reading Happy 4th of July to America…

After an interesting day, Windows to Russia has been moved from a USA based hosting to a hosting based out of India… (As several figured that out and expressed to us, their thoughts in comments and e-mails!) As per this article: “Coffee and Blocked” explains what happened and enough information of why we had toContinue reading Update on Host Issue for Windows to Russia…

“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” by  Dwight Eisenhower… That sums up what I was thinking this morning while sipping that cup of coffee… Windows to Russia!

Coffee was good this morning but thinking’s lay heavy on my mind as I sipped that cup of java… Yesterday I posted an article that evidently hit home to some organizations. This article touched on the subject of “Political Rot” in the Western System… I have known that I am going to have to protectContinue reading Coffee and Blocked…

Soup maker Campbell has announced that it is giving up on business in Russia. The reason given in the local news for Campbell’s demise is in Russia’s conservative food culture. The American company just could not defeat Russian culinary tradition… Russian’s say that in Russia, a housewife who cannot cook soup is not a properContinue reading Russia and Soup: Campbell Soup Gives up on Russia…

The coffee is great but the news out of the West stinks so bad that it almost ruined the coffee… The US administration said Wednesday that the al-Qaeda network remains “preeminent security threat to the United States” (This was printed by the Wall Street Journal…) But then France just supplied the al-Qaeda with multiples ofContinue reading Something is Rotten in the State of Denmark or What is That Stink?

Within a month the American based company Wendy’s opened two stores in Moscow: The opening of Wendy’s on the Arbat marks the second store in the Wendy’s corporate plans to launch at least 180 restaurants in Russia over the next 10 years. Russia’s first Wendy’s opened June 14 in the food court of the Kapitoly shopping center on Prospekt Vernadskogo in southwestern Moscow. Now Arbat hasContinue reading Russia the New Fast Food Haven?

Russia likely to cut dollar’s share in international reserves says Kremlin aide: Russia’s central bank is likely to cut the share of U.S. dollars in its international reserves, Kremlin aide Arkady Dvorkovich said on Wednesday.Read More >>> Remember my articles of warning shots fired by Russia. This is one of those warning shots to AmericaContinue reading Slice The Dollars From Russia’s Federal Reserve…

The tidbit of information today that is floating around Moscow is that Russia has been to Iran and been studying the American drones that have been shot down by Iran. It seems that the US has been playing sky games with Iran and now Iran is in the mood to knock every unmanned drone fromContinue reading Russia Studies Downed American Drones in Iran…

This picture was posted by RIA awhile back. It is a good basic look at what is needed to get a visa for Russia. It is not for any country in particular and things are different from country to country. But it gives a good idea of what you need… Windows to Russia!