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Russia considers reciprocal START amendments: The Russian State Duma plans to tie the ratification of the START treaty with the US plans to develop the global anti-missile defense and allow Russia to quit the agreement in case such defense starts being developed… Moscow allows rally in memory of slain football fan: The Moscow authorities have […]

I woke up this morning and looked at some mainstream news head lines. It was really very depressing and as you can see from a random selection of just a few titles. It looks like the world is going to end tomorrow. Except with the fact that Obama needs to get busy and raise a […]

Windows to Russia now has gone mobile. We have installed a few weeks ago a mobile browser and we already have 20 new readers from that silent move… I am now posting the first mobile post with this article. This is really cool and now we can post easily on our travels… So if you […]

I do not know how or why, but the temperature has risen to 0+ degrees Celsius and looks to stay there for a few days. So I took advantage of this treat in the weather and worked on getting the car unburied from 2 to 3 feet of snow… I was not the only one […]

Good Morning from Windows to Russia. Today as I was sipping that great cup of coffee. I was doing some thinking’s about various issues all over Russia and the world… I took notice of Robert Gates in China… “They clearly have potential to put some of our capabilities at risk,” Gates said en route to […]

For the couple from Tennessee, Derek and Kathleen Hunter, this New Year was very special.  They finally brought two Russian children who were adopted by the couple.  They were waiting for this moment for much longer than planned. In April last year, Russia imposed a moratorium on adoptions of Russian children by American citizens, after […]

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 […]