Russia: What Is Putin Doing!

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & thinking about what Putin is doing now that he is not President anymore! 1. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approved on Tuesday the country’s largest spending project since the Soviet collapse, a $570 billion program to overhaul and expand the country’s transportation infrastructure over the next seven

A Quick Look At Russia!

In the last few days in Russia there have been interesting tidbits of information. 1. Vodka is on the decline by 2%….. but the catch is that champagne and sparkling wines are up 16%, cognac production increased 19.6% and the output of low alcohol drinks (beer) doubled. 2. An Estonian court said Monday the trial

Russian News: 05-20-2008

implementation of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project during its first ever meeting held in Amsterdam on May 15, head of the Executive Board, the company’s President Sergei Vinnichenko told RBC on Monday. Among the most important matters he named the agreement in principle of the board’s members to raise the company’s initial budget (currently set

Russian Health Care!

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee later than usual today, I had to undergo some tests for my cardiologist and I have more tests to come in the next few weeks. As I was drinking my coffee I thought about how fantastic the health care is here in Moscow. I have an insurance

Russia Says: Lets Work Together On The Litvinenko Case!

Hello, Looks like Litvinenko is a issue again. —————————————————————– 18/05/2008 16:03 MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Sunday it was prepared to cooperate with Britain in investigating the case of poisoned defector Alexander Litvinenko after London lifted its unfounded accusations. Former Russian security service officer Litvinenko died of

Russia: Lots Of Smoke!

Big Fire could be seen from our Balcony. I couldn’t get the camera out in time to get the flames but it sure made lots of black smoke. This fire was about 5 km away…..—————————————————————–http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080517/107646166.html MOSCOW, May 17 (RIA Novosti) – A fire has broken out at an electric substation in south-east Moscow, but the

U.S.A.: Has Racial Problems?

I thought Russia was the only country with racial problems…… Never dreamed that there is racial problems in the USA. I lived there 47 years and saw it all. Now The UN is going to investigate these problems. (I do not think that the USA cares what the UN thinks!)—————————————————————–U.N. racism investigator to visit U.S.

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