47 years ago on June 16th, 1963 – Valentina Tereshkova first woman in space. I then went and looked up some information because I thought, “No Way!” It is true and Valentina Tereshkova is now 73-years-old, and lives in Star City, just outside Moscow. She has been quoted as saying while talking with Putin: “If […]
Hello, I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and was reading an article on the democracy issue in Russia. Here is the article to read. It is written by a Russian for Americans. (So the whole story may not be what it seems?) When Americans start teaching democracy to Russians, It only irritates the […]
“Peyton Place” A saying in America for a situation that is like a soap opera! In fact the saying comes from a book written in 1956 and ensuing prime time soap that was aired from 1964 to 1969… “The term “Peyton Place” became a buzzword to describe the duality of middle class life, with its […]
Two muggers attacked Natalia Osipova the world famous Russian international ballet star, as she left the American Ballet Theater in NYC (New York City) early one morning this week. They hit her in the nose and stole her bag: I then proceeded to check all the sources in America on this happening… Yes it happened […]
This is interesting and includes blogs like mine in the ruling: Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Internet media outlets which refuse to remove reader comments when requested to do so by the federal media watchdog will be prosecuted. No action will be taken if a comment that the watchdog considers to be an […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Friday sharply criticized the two largest Russian-Bulgarian energy projects, according to local media. He said after a meeting with EU ambassadors that Bulgaria was pulling out of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline project and suspending construction of the Belene nuclear power plant. By way of explanation, he said the pipeline was […]
Yelena Baturina, the wife of Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, is officially one of the three richest women in the world with an estimated wealth of $2.9 billion… Only 14 women in the world have amassed personal fortunes of $1 billion or more – just 2% of the 1,011 self-made billionaires on the Forbes list. She […]
Svet and I had a good weekend and stayed away from posting any articles. At least very many articles. 🙂 We went and got two tires for our Volga and we need to have them put on this week. We picked up Russian made tires and got a pretty good deal on them. We have […]