ID: 09MOSCOW2943 SUBJECT: ALLEGED NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT THE RUSSIA-KAZAKHSTAN BORDER REF: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN FSN AND RUSSIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER RELAYED TO EXBS ADVISOR Classified By: DCM ERIC RUBIN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B, C, D). DATE: 2009-12-04 14:02:00 CLASSIFICATION: SECRET ORIGIN: EMBASSY Moscow TEXT: S E C R E T MOSCOW 002943 SIPDIS FOR STATE […]
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Moscow, Tverskaya, 11 phone +7 (495) 629-53-27 press@mon.gov.ru On December, 1-3, 2010 Russian-American negotiations on cooperation in the field of international adoption will take place On December, 1-3st, 2010 in Washington there will pass the next meeting of the Russian and American experts devoted to preparation of […]
Medvedev unveils monument to Yeltsin: Boris Yeltsin is a strange sometimes volital topic in Russia to discuss. If you mention his name you have about a 50 / 50 split as to what reaction you will get. I have really seen no middle of the road yet… Russians either like him or they don’t. Now […]
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Spam is Stupid… For Months now I have done a lot of thinking over many cups of coffee about comments. I have never achieved a balance on Windows to Russia. It is either comment crazy or no comments at all. So as I drink my coffee this morning and realize that I dealt with thousands […]
Russia posts “gold record” Russia as I have expressed several times in the past few years, is steadily buying gold. This good article from “Voice of Russia” explains a little about what is going on…
I was sitting here thinking about the trip I just made over a good cup of coffee. It is really amazing how bad the coffee can be when you have to buy it from a machine. I tried several cups of train station coffee this trip and found that while it was chocked full of […]
It was a dreary day and snowing like crazy. I decided while waiting for my evening train back to Moscow, to take a walk. I snapped a few pictures and they came out OK. Not great, but it gives you an idea of the Kiev train station… While Moscow has multiples of train stations including […]
I finally found a system that allowed me to mobile post. As I sit eating a hamburger I am typing this. So I realize this is not much but it is a start…. My first three attempts at mobile posting failed… Lets hope this works. I was able to approve some comments and delete some […]