I have received a number of e-mails regarding the Wikileaks menu item that I have. They ask do I understand how to get around and see what was posted on Wikileaks. They also express that pulling information out about the Cable’s is almost impossible… I have done a lot of thinking the last few days. […]
Hello, Today we want to introduce: Stories from Soviet Childhood! (This became a blog by the way.) Childhood is the most important period in the life for everybody. Most of our beliefs we get from childhood. We learn what is good and bad when we are kids. And these beliefs are very difficult to change […]
RIA Novosti was able to interview Viktor Bout. The suspected Russian arms dealer who was extradited from Thailand to the United States in mid-November. As Bout is kept in a New York detention center so only lawyers and officials from the Russian Consulate can visit him. RIA Novosti correspondent Dmitry Gornostayev was given an oportunity […]
Russia Christmas is here soon for 2011. On January 7th 2011. Orthodox Christmas will happen. I was sipping my cup of coffee this morning and thinking about that very happening and happening’s… It has always been strange to me that the country (Russia) literally shuts down this time of the year. Everyone in Russia is […]
This is why Moscow area is having issues. The ice and heavy winds are just too much for the infrastructure. Ice Storms are not that common here, from what I understand. Snow is very common but ice storms are not… These are not tiny little telephone poles. These are some big towers. I see them […]
I love videos and information like this… “Bunker 42” museum in Moscow. is a place that Sveta and I have to go see. It brings back memories of the old days. OK, so maybe not memories that we want to live again, but memories that molded a future of the world… It seems that RT […]
“We need a single technological chain to implement national projects throughout the entire power vertical, from the government and federal bodies of power to the municipalities.” Medvedev Since someone likes Putin quotes. I just had to have Medvedev quotes! Hope that is OK? WB {Guest Post – Links added by admin} Windows to Russia! Medvedev […]
Heavy snowfalls and strong winds have cut electricity supply to over 88 populated areas outside Moscow. Reported by the Moscow United Electric Grid Company (MOESK). There is some rough stuff going on here… Windows to Russia! Amid more electricity cuts, officials celebrate New Year in affected villages (rt.com) Riots at Moscow airports (abtn.co.uk) Putin a […]
Putin had a meeting just before New Years. It involved the governor of the Moscow Region, Boris Gromov, Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko and the head of the Moscow United Electric Company Nikolay Shvets… “You promised that by 6pm today electricity would be back on. It is 6 now,” Putin said. “35 villages, 4,000 people are […]