The rules for getting a Russian visa of any kind need to be corrected to the better not the worse like what seems to be common here in Russia… The Russian government should review its strict visa policies and take more efforts to make traveling in Russia easier in order to attract more tourists, the […]
Where is the ‘reset’?
Sveta found the OutdoorLife article for me and I read it this morning while sipping my coffee. Outdoor life was my last and best subscription that I ever had on a magazine (It ended two months before I came to Russia!). I love the articles and since I was an avid hunter and fisherman. The […]
When Sveta and I go on vacation we like to take lots of pictures of what we see. This little video to the right is a group of clowns that Sveta and I found performing on the streets of Odessa. It was Victory day in Russia and Ukraine or also called May Holidays. It is […]
Much Ado About Nothing
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 […]