Windows to Russia

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Tick Tock the Clock is Ticking…

Gaddafi gave two weeks for the opposition to get their issues out in the open…

Windows to Russia!

• Russian News… (02-21-2011) (windowstorussia.com)
• WikiLeaks: AL-QADHAFI: TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE? (windowstorussia.com)
• The Nabucco Death Rattles are Being Heard… (windowstorussia.com)
• I Am American and This Bothers Me! (windowstorussia.com)
• Russia and British Petroleum… (windowstorussia.com)
• Russia Tried to Stop the Litvinenko Poisioning But Britian said NO! (windowstorussia.com)
• I Think I Saw “Chicken Little” This Morning While I Walked The Dog… (windowstorussia.com)
• Iron Maiden Rocking in Moscow… (Feb. 11th, 2011) (windowstorussia.com)
• Mikhail Khodorkovsky Guilty… (windowstorussia.com)
• Medvedev Speaks at the Taj Mahal… (windowstorussia.com)
• Oil Industry Bracing for Fallout From Libya (abcnews.go.com)

Nabucco gas pipeline...

Britain’s BP oil giant just raised its pre-estimated cost of the Nabucco gas pipeline up to 14 billion euro. This news has virtually sealed the death bed of a unpopular pipeline that lives only in politicians minds for the reason to slap Russia in the face…

The projected pipeline is (was) to carry gas through Central Asia to the heart of Europe and bypassing Russia so that Europe can tell Russia to stick it on gas…

The Nabucco was to have been started in upcoming 2012 but this is now very questionable, as the benefits of the project are even less evident than they ever have been…

Funny how BP has just sliced the foundation out from under Nabucco. Looks like BP who has found ally and friend in Russia for the future endeavors. Has made it clear that even the supply for the pipeline is also very precarious and could be considered unavailable without Russia in the first place…

I myself think that the Nabucco will not die for years to come. I think that despise against Russia, amongst politicians in Europe will allow the Nabucco to continue to live on as does the hatred for Russia live on in so many hearts around the world…

Windows to Russia!

• European gas pipeline costs double (guardian.co.uk)
• Russia and British Petroleum… (windowstorussia.com)
• Russia Today and Peter Schiff… (windowstorussia.com)
• United States, Japan and South Korea Rattle Their swords and Beat Their Drums… (windowstorussia.com)
• Russian News Time… (12/16/2010) (windowstorussia.com)
• OMG – Luke Harding Denied Entrance to Russia! (Who?) (windowstorussia.com)
• Interview of an American Living in Russia… (Paul Eng) (windowstorussia.com)
• Russian News… (02-21-2011) (windowstorussia.com)
• What is a Doctor Paid in Russia… (windowstorussia.com)
• Windows To Russia Mobile… (windowstorussia.com)
• Coffee and Russian Investment is Good… (windowstorussia.com)

This podcast above is about the Moscow Planetarium. It is from The Voice of Russia. I did several articles several years ago and as always, I am looking for follow up information on past articles…

http://windowstorussia.com/russia-moscow-planetarium-needs-to-be_14.html

http://windowstorussia.com/russia-moscow-saved-planetarium_18.html

The Moscow Planetarium was almost a goner and by a miracle has survived the test of time and has been scheduled for reopening on April 12, 2011. As my past posts pointed to. The Planetarium was in a struggle for the real estate. It seems that it was sitting on prime real estate and people wanted to get rid of a real land mark for future development. Thank goodness the Planetarium won…

There has been other not so lucky landmarks that have fallen to the ravages of greed. Such as “The Soviet Toy Store”…

http://windowstorussia.com/from-russia-ultimate-toy-store-with_19.html

All my life I have watched the past be destroyed in the name of the all mighty dollar. We need to preserve the past because  the past is the gateway to the future…

Related articles

• Get a Visa to Russia… (Update – 2011) (windowstorussia.com)
• Wal-Mart Closing Moscow Office… (windowstorussia.com)
• What is a Doctor Paid in Russia… (windowstorussia.com)
• Father Frost (Santa Claus) Had His Birthday… (windowstorussia.com)
• The French Mistral-class Assult Ship Won The Russian Tender… (windowstorussia.com)
• Russian Video From Russia: Check this out on the bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport… (windowstorussia.com)
• Russian News From Russia… (02-07-2011) (windowstorussia.com)
• Putin and Medvedev Chumming Around… (windowstorussia.com)
• Russia Today and Peter Schiff… (windowstorussia.com)
• RT Video on Deadly blast at Moscow’s Domodedovo… (windowstorussia.com)
• Interview of an American Living in Russia… (Paul Eng) (windowstorussia.com)
• Will Terminated Mayor Yuri Luzhkov be back to Russia? (windowstorussia.com)
• OMG – Luke Harding Denied Entrance to Russia! (Who?) (windowstorussia.com)

Riots in Arab countries cause gold, oil price growth:
Mass-scale riots in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, especially in Libya, have caused growth in gold and oil prices. In London, the price of a barrel of the Brent crude is one dollar up, selling for 103.5 dollars. The gold price has grown by 0.5% to reach a seven-week high of 1396.5 dollars per ounce…

14 terrorists to go on trial in North Caucasus:
14 rebel fighters are due to appear before a panel of the Supreme Court judges in the Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic, in the Russian North Caucasus, today. The defendants are accused of committing crimes against police and attempting to seize power in the republic. The fighters’ camp in the mountainous country of the republic was pulled down in November 2009…

Riots rage in Bahrain, Yemen, Iran, Morocco:
Protests also continue unabated in Bahrain, Yemen, Iran and Morocco, with demonstrators remaining in the streets attempting to ensure that their demands are met, namely that their governments step down and social problems be settled. A tent camp has been set up in Pearl Square in the Bahrain capital Manama for thousands of protesters to while away the night…

Russian, German, Polish MPs to discuss Russia-EU cooperation:
Russian, German and Polish MPs are due to hold their first trilateral meeting in Kaliningrad today to take up Russia-EU cooperation. The MPs will specifically focus on Russia-EU economic cooperation, including energy and transport cooperation, and also on simplifying visa-granting…

Russian space truck finds watery grave:
A Russian Progress M space truck uncoupled from the International Space Station Sunday to give way for a docking with the European cargo ship Johannes Kepler, expected to arrive on Thursday a week after being launched by an Ariane-5 booster rocket, which blasted off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana…

Atlantic to be crossed on inflatable trimaran:
A team of Russian daredevils are hoping to become the first seafarers to cross the Atlantic non-stop and entirely on their own on an inflatable trimaran. The 7-thousand-kilometer journey is to start next Friday from a port in Namibia. With no motor on board, the propulsion will be from oars and sails…

Russia to have new early-warning radars:
The Russian armed forces are about to commission two early-warning anti-missile radars. One is near St Petersburg, and the other, near Armavir in the Russian Caucasus. A similar radar under construction near the Baltic port of Kaliningrad is to enter service in 2016. The announcements are from the Russian Defense Ministry…

Russia calls on US to lift sanctions against Sudan:
Russiarsquo’s Special Representative for Sudan Mikhail Margelov believes that the USA should lift sanctions against Sudan. The divorce; between northern and southern Sudan was the main issue at Mr. Margelovrsquo’s recent meeting with Sudanrsquo’s President Omar al-Bashir. Mr. Margelov says that Mr. al-Bashir is ready for contacts and compromises…

Chernobyl movie fails to score awards in Berlin:
The Russian entry at the 61st Berlinale Film Festival was left with no awards whatsoever. Iranian director Asghar Farhadi became the major winner with his Nader And Simin: A Separation scooping the Best Film, Best Actor…

Windows to Russia!

• Russian Video From Russia: Check this out on the bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport… (windowstorussia.com)
• Russian News From Russia… (02-07-2011) (windowstorussia.com)
• WikiLeaks: AL-QADHAFI: TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE? (windowstorussia.com)
• Happy New Year Again: The Old Russian New Year… (windowstorussia.com)
• A Russian Adoption Abuse in America – Again… (windowstorussia.com)
• Information on the Status of Russian / American Adoption Proceedings… (windowstorussia.com)
• 1994 to 2011 – Terror Attacks Against Russia… (windowstorussia.com)
• Learn Some Russian Words: From Svet! (windowstorussia.com)
• In Russia We Will Be Civilized! (windowstorussia.com)
• Russian: MADMAX! (windowstorussia.com)

Remember as a kid and reading Popular Mechanic or Popular Science magazines. They were always full of articles about things that you could verily imagine.  Such as things that Russia spouts about all the time, even now. Now Russia says that they will build a Nuclear Powered Train…

Russian Railways (RZhD) and the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) intend to create a nuclear-powered train, reports Interfax. According to RZhD vice-president Valentin Gapanovich, the train, consisting of 11 carriages, will house scientific exhibits. (Link)

What a wonderful thought. A nuclear powered train, that would be like something out of a science fiction book that I read as a kid… 🙂

That really is cool and I only hope that they fulfill what they say. You know they just might be able to do it. They have that very successful floating nuclear power plant and with a little tweaking on size they could adopt it to a train…

That is why I love Russia. Maybe someday we will travel Russia on a Nuclear Powered Train…

Windows to Russia!

• Since South Korea Started This in the First Place… (windowstorussia.com)
• START in Question if US Expands Anti Ballistic Missiles… (windowstorussia.com)
• Russian News (12/20/2010) (windowstorussia.com)
• START Was Approved by the USA Senate… (windowstorussia.com)
• Putin Is Interviewed by Larry King… (transcript translation) (windowstorussia.com)
• Coffee and Pondering in Russia… (windowstorussia.com)
• What is Russia Up To… (01/19/2011) (windowstorussia.com)
• WikiLeaks: Russian Customs Officers Reported two or three Incidents of Unshielded “Cobalt-60″ was Discovered… (windowstorussia.com)
• Important News From Russia (12/24/2010) (windowstorussia.com)
• Results of Medvedev’s visit to the Middle East… (windowstorussia.com)

Tian Shan mountains...

The lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan approved February 17, 2011 to apply Putin’s name to a 4,446-meter (14,672-feet) mountain peak in the Tian Shan mountains south of the capital, Bishkek…

A whole mountain peak named after Putin! Does Putin get to play on the mountain? Would Putin want to play on the mountain? It looks like a pretty rugged set of mountains and might not be good for skiing and relaxing… 🙂

It is somewhere in “that there” mountain range picture?

Hummm – could they be wanting something from Putin?

Windows to Russia!

• Putin Keeps Laying the Groundwork for the Future… (windowstorussia.com)
• Putin Quote – Number 3 (windowstorussia.com)
• Coffee and a Putin Quote… (windowstorussia.com)
• Putin Quote – Number 1 (windowstorussia.com)
• Putin a Little Bit Grouchy Before New Years… (windowstorussia.com)
• Putin Gets A Bulgarian Karakachan puppy after sealing a gas deal… (windowstorussia.com)
• Russia PM Putin calls VTB placement a success (reuters.com)
• Putin Answers Questions! (windowstorussia.com)

Dmitry Medvedev met with Pope Benedict XVI and Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone.

This was the first official visit of a Russian leader to the Vatican since establishment of full-format diplomatic relations. Following his brief working visit to the Vatican on December 3, 2009, Dmitry Medvedev signed an executive order on establishing diplomatic relations at the level of a Russian Federation Embassy in the Vatican.

The discussion focused on prospects for humanitarian, social, scientific, educational and cultural cooperation. Besides, the parties reviewed opportunities for promoting dialogue among confessions. (Link)

Now that is just way to cool. What a fantastic photo…

Windows to Russia!

• Medvedev and Pontiff discuss ties between religious confessions (rt.com)
• Medvedev visits Italy to talk business and culture (rt.com)
• From Russia to Rome: Medvedev to meet Pope on official visit (rt.com)
• Vatican: pope, Russian leader want stronger ties (sfgate.com)
• Medvedev Speaks at the Taj Mahal… (windowstorussia.com)
• Palestinian State: Russia Unchanged Opinion From Soviet Era… (windowstorussia.com)
• Results of Medvedev’s visit to the Middle East… (windowstorussia.com)
• Feburary 1st – Boris Yeltsin’s Birthday… (windowstorussia.com)
• Let The Supplies Roll Toward Afghanistan… (windowstorussia.com)
• Emergency meeting following explosion at Domodedovo Airport… (windowstorussia.com)
• Russian News on 11/12/2010… (windowstorussia.com)
• Protect All The People Russia: Not Just a Chosen Few… (windowstorussia.com)

As I sip my coffee and enjoy the aroma and flavor. I have been thinking about the fact that Peter Schiff has a column now on Russia Today…

I find that RT has an unbelievable wealth of information (good or bad) for those not “afraid” to look at and accept something different than the sheeple controlling main stream medias. I realize that RT is fairly mainstream in a sense in Russia and very Westernized by Russian standards. It is obvious that RT wants to be a media powerhouse in America and their slow and steady integration into the American media market is starting to cause some concerns out of the media giants in the West…

It seems that the refusal of the main stream media to acknowledge certain sources of information have left a opening for RT to gain traction in their endeavors…

RT likes to ask Americans why?

And that is not a question that certain people liked asked. It is one thing for bloggers such as me to ask why and believe you me there are a lot of bloggers asking why on a lot of issues. But when an news agency backed from Russia, has made huge headway’s into the public sector of America as RT has done…

In fact here is the link to RT’s USA section of their website. Just as the main stream media has a section on Russia for Russian news. RT has a section on the USA for USA news. Not news about the whole world all mixed together but news that allows you to concentrate on just America and her exploits of the day… 🙂

Now we have Peter Schiff writing a column for RT. I hope that he writes often and lays it all on the line…

I like RT and it is fun to watch their news programs. Sometimes they are so into their “Bad America” reports. That you chuckle at the obviousness.  Many of the RT reporters who are foreign, are present all over the city (Moscow) and they are no strangers to me or anyone else. They seem to have good attitudes and enjoy working for RT.  Unlike the hidden journalists from the Moscow Western press powerhouses…

One problem is that RT does not have the mass audience yet that can sway the masses in America. But they will and that has some heads turning in concern…

Windows to Russia!

• So America Did Not Like Russia Today Doing Some Reporting on the SOA Watch Rally… (windowstorussia.com)
• SOA Rally – Has a Message Been Delivered? (windowstorussia.com)
• Coffee and That Cold War Past… (windowstorussia.com)
• Russia Today and Mass Animal Deaths Sweep Globe… (windowstorussia.com)
• Russia Today Responds To Their News Team Arrest in America… (windowstorussia.com)
• OMG – Luke Harding Denied Entrance to Russia! (Who?) (windowstorussia.com)
• Russia and British Petroleum… (windowstorussia.com)
• The Chicken Never Leaves the News in Russia… (windowstorussia.com)
• Information on the Status of Russian / American Adoption Proceedings… (windowstorussia.com)
• What is a Doctor Paid in Russia… (windowstorussia.com)
• The French Mistral-class Assult Ship Won The Russian Tender… (windowstorussia.com)
• Miracles Do Happen With Google… (Sitelinks) (windowstorussia.com)
• Coffee and Morning Thoughts… (windowstorussia.com)
• Down Then Back Up – Windows to Russia – Down Then Back Up… (windowstorussia.com)
• Corruption, not nationalism behind latest Moscow riots… (windowstorussia.com)

New Russian helicopter can land on top of Mount Everest…

A prototype of the Mil Mi-38-OP transport-passenger helicopter, developed at the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, is currently being tested in the Moscow Region. Designers say the helicopter’s performance is quite unique, that it will not age. Special wear resistant composite materials are used on the helicopter’s fuselage. Originally intended as a replacement for the Mil Mi-8 and the Mi-17, it is being marketed in both military and civil versions. It flew for the first time on 22 December 2003…

Windows to Russia!

• Viewing cable 08REYKJAVIK8, Iceland: Russian activities in region a growing concern… (windowstorussia.com)
• Russia Orders Halt to Tu-154B Flights After Fire (windowstorussia.com)
• Putin a Little Bit Grouchy Before New Years… (windowstorussia.com)
• The Changes To Moscow Congestion and Traffic… (windowstorussia.com)
• RT Video on Deadly blast at Moscow’s Domodedovo… (windowstorussia.com)
• RS-24 Yars ballistic missile… (windowstorussia.com)
• The French Mistral-class Assult Ship Won The Russian Tender… (windowstorussia.com)
• 1994 to 2011 – Terror Attacks Against Russia… (windowstorussia.com)
• Coffee and North/South Korea and “Stupid is as Stupid Does”… (windowstorussia.com)
• Suicide Bomber Strikes Moscow – 35 dead – 130+ Injured… (windowstorussia.com)