I was sipping that wonderful cup of coffee this morning and thinking about why we as humans use different words for certain things. In this particular case the terms rebel and terrorist… Russia has had big issues with these terms in the past and present. Russia considers the issues in the North Caucasus to be […]
PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Mr Vice President, I am happy to be meeting with you again. Last year, we were able to make a lot of progress in the relations between the United States of America and the Russian Federation. This past year was successful, including the ratification of the new START treaty, which […]
They say Gaddafi is in a good mood and is doing interviews… I see the Western press is starting to look like it has egg on its face and they are shutting up with a lot of the rhetoric lately… Have you noticed that all you see on videos of Libya is people in their […]
It is strange to watch the world from Russia. I sit here and drink my coffee and watch the world in exceedingly more turmoil (or lack of balance) over the last few months. What I see is 13 or 14 ++ (Could it be twenty countries?) countries with huge uprisings and expressions – bordering in […]
I received a lot of e-mails (lots) asking that I open the comments back up. In fact I was given by one e-mail a source, to a place, to report my “Washington DC bad mouth brigade” and was told that things would be better. I had another high school in America that wanted to be […]
Rebels give Gaddafi 72 hours to step down 18:12 08/03/2011 The head of the rebel National Libyan Council said on Tuesday the opposition would not pursue President Muammar Gaddafi for war crimes if he steps down within 72 hours, Al Jazeera said.Read More >>> Interesting… Windows to Russia! Gaddafi addresses supporters in Tripoli… (windowstorussia.com) The […]
One of the things that is plentiful in Russia is berries. When in the village it is a pleasure to walk the woods and old village roads and trails. In these areas is always an abundance of berries. Just carry a plastic bag with you and several walks later, you will have enough berries to […]
Remember: Today is the 8th of March… International Women’s Day… Remember also that you never send even numbers of flowers… In Russia, odd numbers of flowers are given for romantic occasions. You should send 11 roses instead of the usual dozen. Really, any odd number is good and the more flowers in the bouquet the […]
Crude oil futures continued to rise toward $107 a barrel as unrest in Libya continues and growing fear unrest could spread to other oil-producing states grew deeper. Crude prices grew by $2.45 to $106.87 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange having earlier hit a day high of $106.98. Futures trading rallied […]
Blogging has become a national hobby in Russia, with Russians among the most enthusiastic users of social networking sites and other new Web 2.0 media. President Dmitry Medvedev is just one of 642,681 active Twitter users in Russia. The number of bloggers in the Russian LiveJournal segment has exceeded two million, making Russia the second […]
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