Windows to Russia

Rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in St. Petersburg:The upcoming May 9 Victory Day parade in St. Petersburg will involve more soldiers and new military equipment than before.North Korea to try 2 U.S. journalists for ‘hostile acts’:North Korea said on Friday it would try two female American journalists arrested last month for border trespass and […]

For the next few days, Svet and I will be in Ukraine. It is that wonderful visa time and we get to go explore Kiev, Ukraine. We always enjoy the train trip from Moscow, Russia to Kiev, Ukraine. I call it the Kiev express! We will see what is happening in Ukraine and maybe we […]

It is Easter in Russia again and as you can tell I like to write about Easter. This is a special time of the year. So just look over these articles and video from Russia Today too find out all you ever wanted to know about Easter and more… Have a very happy Orthodox Easter: […]

Abkhazia may hold exercises as response to Georgia NATO drills:The former Georgian republic of Abkhazia may hold its own military exercises in response to NATO’s planned drills in Georgia next month, Abkhazia’s leader said on Friday. Russia, France near deal on extradition of mother in custody row:Russia’s ambassador to France held two hours of talks […]

Okroshka – cold soup – from Russia: Raw vegetables – cucumbers, new onions, radish, boiled potatoes (no skin in soup) – eggs – ham (very light on the ham, just enough for the smoked flavor)! Kvas of the black bread variety. (see above) The ingredients are chopped into small squares and are mixed with kvas […]

Luke Rudkowski from the social justice movement ‘We Are Change’. Very good interview! Russia Today! Kyle and Svet comments always welcome.

In Russia cabbage is very plentiful year around. So many things are made from cabbage in Russia because of this. One of the most popular items in Russia is Cabbage pies. Lets make a simple cabbage pie today… First the Ingredients: 1 and a 1/4 cups flour1 teaspoon sugar1 teaspoon salt3 tablespoons butter200 g softened […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee here in Moscow Russia. I was thinking about what is Russia and surrounding friends up to? Lets start with a rematch in the sports: On May 30 Russian giant Nikolay Valuev will defend his WBA heavyweight title against the only man that’s ever beaten him, Ruslan Chagaev […]

Fidel Castro said in his regular column on the Cubadebate website that Cuba wanted an end to the U.S. embargo, imposed some fifty years ago on the country, and has no plans “to ask the U.S. for handouts.” Georgian protesters erect tents outside presidential residence:Georgian opposition activists, in their sixth day of street protests demanding […]

Hello, &0000000000000130.000000&0000000000000043.000000“Update: Sahan Dosova has passed away and was – 130 years, 43 days old at the time of her death on May 9 2009″ (Link) May she rest in peace!