Windows to Russia

In Russia we call phone for fire (01), police (02), and ambulance (03), We will soon be call phone #112 for all above, We will be civilized like west! Yngvar (Igor) {Guest Post – links added by admin} Windows to Russia! Russia launches universal emergency hotline (rt.com) Russia Says, “The Western World needs to Mind […]

Good article from news site: The Voice of Russia. A good English based website for up to date news about Russia… http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/12/29/38236184.html Russia insists on offensive/defensive link in START: By Yevgeny Kryshkin The State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) plans to confirm the link between the reduction of the strategic offensive arms […]

Russian President Medvedev has terminated two senior officials from the Russian space agency Roscosmos located in Korolev where Sveta and I live. They were terminated for the earlier failed launch of the Proton rocket carrying three Glonass navigation system satellites… I got to say one thing. Medvedev will fire your butt if you don’t get […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and was going through hundreds and hundreds of spam comments. It then struck me that I had read several articles in the last few years about how bad Russia and China were on the spam attacks in the world. They explain that China and Russia were just […]

In the news:  Russia sees trash talk being made in the US and the EU concerning the ongoing trial of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev as substandard… In connection with the statements voiced in Washington and a number of capitals in the European Union regarding the trial of M. […]

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a government order that lays out the groundwork for the transition of federal bodies and agencies to use free software, including Linux, by 2015. The 25-point document (available here) outlines specific steps the government must take in order to move off proprietary software and onto free and/or open […]

“You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.” Putin {Guest Post – Admin added links} Windows to Russia! Putin Quote – Number 1 (windowstorussia.com) Coffee and a Putin Quote… (windowstorussia.com) Russian Whistle-Blowing Doctor is Assured by Putin… (windowstorussia.com) Putin Answers Questions! (windowstorussia.com) Putin and Larry King Interview […]

It looks like the USA faked a passing of the START Treaty just to appease the world and dump it back on Russia. This is the old “balls in your court” move. Lets try to blame the other guy if they back out now… The problem is that the US Senate sent its resolution to […]

Shopping for fresh veggies in Russia is different than in America. I have become very accustom to it now. Especially after all these years of living in Russia… I grew up with farmers and Grandpa taught me that all the fruit and veggies had to be clean and washed. You never sold anything that you […]