Historic Day In Russia: May 6th, 2008!

Today is a special day in Russia: Dmitry Medvedev will be inaugurated as Russian President today. He will become Russia’s third President, to succeed his predecessors Boris Yeltsin (elected as President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 19991 and re-elected as President of the Russian Federation in 1996) and Vladimir Putin (elected as

Putin: Steps Aside For Medvedev!

Putin had his last meeting as President of Russia, will his next meeting be as Prime Minister?——————————————————————Yesterday Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met with his former and future subordinates. “My words of gratitude are addressed not only to those present here today, but also to those of our colleagues in the Administration and in the Government

Medvedev + Putin = Twice The Power!

Interesting Article that I found in the Kansas City.com————————————————–By PETER FINNThe Washington Post MOSCOW | On Wednesday, Dmitry Medvedev will walk through three gilded halls in the Grand Kremlin Palace to a rostrum where he will be sworn in as Russia’s third president, his right hand on a copy of the Russian constitution. To the

Russia: Travel Time!

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & helping my wife get ready to work on a Sunday. Russians have holidays but they have to make up the days by working a weekend day. So this holiday they had Thursday through Saturday off and Sunday is a workday. The city of Moscow is still