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Hello,I have to stop and wonder about someone who does this and would like to understand what goes through their head as they put a gun sight on an innocent bystander and pull the trigger in cold blood. He is a young man and rumorers are that he was having wife problems. He has been […]

Siberian vets fight to save rare tiger hit by car:Vets are working to save the life of a Siberian tiger hit by a car in Russia’s Far East, a regional conservationist group said on Tuesday. Latvia wants $712 mln from Russia for Soviet-era pollution:Latvia intends to demand some $712 million from Russia as compensation for […]

The big news in Russia today is: “MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti) – The chief of Russia’s military intelligence (GRU), Gen. Valentin Korabelnikov, has been relieved of his post by President Dmitry Medvedev, the Kremlin press service said on Friday. Link) If that is true? Why would you want to backdrop a “Rich American, Capitalist […]

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Hello,A monastery that we visited. The hotel that we always stay in. (The Hotel Slavutich) Ukraine is beautiful right now. The trees are all leafing out and flowers blooming everywhere. They say that the Chestnuts trees bloom by May 1st and from what we saw they are almost in bloom now. Moscow, Russia is no […]

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 […]