Windows to Russia

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is on an official visit to Serbia, on Wednesday attended a football match where he met with several local bikers. The bikers from Macedonia and Serbia are members of the Russian bike movement Night Wolves, whose leader Alexander Zaldostanov, aka Surgeon, met with the premier last year in Ukraine.Continue reading Putin meets with Serbian bikers at football stadium

The International Skating Union (ISU) will continue on Thursday to vote on where to hold the 2011 Figure Skating World Championship after Tokyo was forced to bow out due to the tragic earthquake on March 11. After Japan was forced to decline hosting the championship, Moscow (Russia), Vancouver (Canada), Turku (Finland), Colorado Springs (USA), GrazContinue reading World skating host bid to replace Tokyo could be announced Thursday

WORLD * Renowned Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79, ABC television said * The death count in Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami has climbed to 9,487 people, NHK reported citing the country’s police * Microscopic radioactive particles from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant that may spread across the worldContinue reading Main news of Russia March 23, 2011…

Test launches of Russia’s new generation Angara booster rockets will begin no later than 2013, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said. Alexei Zolotukhin said work to build on-ground infrastructure of the space complex for launches of Angara carrier rockets is currently in active stage at Russia’s northern space center Plesetsk. Angara rockets, designedContinue reading Russia’s new Angara rockets to be test launched before 2014

The way decisions on the use of force are made almost at the drop of a hat is worrying, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, referring to the situation in Libya. “I don’t think we can equate Serbia with Libya,” Putin said responding to a question about the lessons that the international communityContinue reading Putin talks of Libya and dislikes use of force by the West…

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to discuss Palestinian-Israeli settlement issues and the ongoing campaign in Libya, the Kremlin press service said in a statement on Wednesday. The meeting agenda is set to cover issues on Middle East settlement, including the restart of Palestinian-Israeli peace talks andContinue reading Russia’s Medvedev, Israel’s Netanyahu to discuss Mid-East settlement…

MOSCOW (Reuters): Veteran reporter Sergei Topol was beaten up in central Moscow Wednesday as he was leaving his flat, police said, underlining Russia’s position as one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists… Read More: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/23/us-russia-journalist-beating-idUSTRE72M59C20110323 More coming when we start to find the information… Update: The Russian journalist who wrote aboutContinue reading Veteran reporter Sergei Topol was beaten up in central Moscow by Neighbors?

Russia’s Health Ministry is drafting legislation that would see schoolchildren and students tested for drugs, the country’s chief substance abuse expert said on Wednesday. Drug expert Yevgeny Bryun said the law would bring in non-compulsory drug checks for school, colleges and workplaces. Around 30,000 Russians die from drug abuse every year, and the country’s HIVContinue reading Russia may introduce drug testing for children, students

Moscow police have discovered a large illegal casino in the centre of the Russian capital, police spokeswoman Irina Volk said. (Link) OK – Then I have bad news for the Kremlin (This is a sore spot) and the Police. All you have to do is take a stroll around Moscow and you will find theseContinue reading Moscow Russia and her Casinos Here and Casinos There…

Sitting at the computer this morning and sipping that cup of coffee. Just thinking about yesterday and all my doctor tests that were run… There is good and bad news and the bad is not all that life threatening so we will think mainly about the good news today. I had said a awhile backContinue reading Coffee and God and them Medical Tests…