American Parents Just Shipped Adopted Child Back To Russia Alone, With Note!

Russia Today has just released a video on this boy at 12:30am…

Try this on for size:
A 7 year old Russian boy, who was adopted by parents from the United States 6 months ago, has arrived back in Moscow on this Thursday. He is now undergoing medical tests in a metropolitan hospital and seems no worse for the wear. The child arrived from America alone, and had a note with him. The note that the child gave officials said, We will not take care of him… (Note Below…)
Update in Story: Having bought a ticket and put the child on the plane, it seems Hansen found a Russian tour guide on the internet who agreed to meet the child at the airport.
This man, called Artur, passed him to the authorities in central Moscow. Hansen agreed to pay Artur $200 for meeting the child, said officials.

According to officials, the boy does not speak in Russian? , but does understand Russian. The childcare’s ombudsman, located in the police department, said the boy was named Artem. American parents gave him the name Artem (Artyom) Justin Hanson. He was adopted six months ago.
The American consulate has tried to acknowledge

that they will take care of the boy, but Russian police found a Russian passport on him and that gives Russia the ability to control the destiny of the child. As this is not the first time that Americans are having problems with the adoption of Russian children, and it seems that Russia is seeing a need to have tighter controls in the process of adoption.
At least this child was not killed like several others have been in America in the last year. Glad he is home…
Update after seeing all the reports and the letter that the boy had on him, I do see that this story is not over and Russians are upset…

Picture of the boys visa to the USA!
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PS: For those that do not believe these are the links and there are a hundred more all over Russia. We translated from Russian sources at around 7 pm and now we have found Links from all the news sources. It is going crazy now in Russia…
http://www.rian.ru/society/20100408/219699656.html

Russia’s Patriarch Kirill – Video By Svetlana!

I posted yesterday several photos that Svet had taken of the Patriarch Kirill!

Svetlana Catches Patriarch Kirill On Film!

Svet posted this on her video blog!

Blagoveschenie – Annunciation in Russia!

Today lets watch a video that Svet took of the happenings at the church she was at. It has the most wonderful bells ring in the background…

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Russia Offers Humanitarian Aid for Kyrgyzstan!

Where is the president of Kyrgyzstan? Some are venturing to say that he is in the America military base?
If he is at the base, that could have been a bad move by America, because the opposition is well known for a dislike of the America military base and would like to see it removed. But since the Kyrgyzstan president is perceived as an American puppet at times that concept makes sense. Also the fact that the Western press has been trying to imply that Russia is the blame of all this, points to the fact that America might just be hiding President Kurmanbek Bakiyev…

Damage from Wednesday fighting was revealed early on Thursday in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek after the opposition seized Kyrgyzstan’s government headquarters following clashes between protesters and security forces that killed at least 68 people. No police guarded the government headquarters, and hundreds of jubilant but calm residents stood outside, including some who had climbed up on an armoured personnel carrier. Others were walking freely through the building known as the White House.

The new government has already communicated with Russia and Putin has expressed that Russia will come to humanitarian aid if they so want and desire…

MOSCOW, April 8 (RIA Novosti) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday spoke on the phone with Kyrgyz opposition-nominated premier Roza Otunbayeva, Putin’s spokesman said. Dmitry Peskov said Otunbayeva told Putin that her country needs economic assistance, and that Putin said Russia is ready to offer humanitarian aid. “It is important to note that the conversation was held with Otunbayeva in her capacity of the head of a national confidence government,” Peskov said.

This is a good video that shows what is going on and gives some much needed details about the situation.
I sense a Chess move here by Russia…
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Kyrgyzstan in Turmoil With Violent Protests!

A state of emergency has been imposed in the capital and several regions of Kyrgyzstan amid violent clashes between police and anti-government demonstrators.

17 people have been killed and 142 wounded in Bishkek, reports KABAR news agency, citing the Kyrgyz Health Ministry, after police opened fire on crowds massing around the main government building.

According to some press, however, the number of people killed is actually 50? and injured 280+.

The president of the Kyrgyz republic has ordered a curfew be imposed.

The Kyrgyz Border Service has strengthened security along all borders of the country.

Looks like a very bad situation…

The Korean Times Apologizes to Russia!

I want to thank The Korean Times and a comment that they left on one of my articles. This one…

Russia Upset With South Korea!

This article went off the scale with hits and got out to a huge audience all over Asia. The article printed below is from The Korean Times and is an apology from the Editor. It was also posted in the comment of the article on the above link. The comment was from the IP of The Korean Times…
04-07-2010 18:32
The Korea Times carried two cartoons depicting the bomb attacks on the Moscow metro on page 9 of its March 31 and April 2 editions.
The cartoons are part of a syndication service from a cartoonist based in Bangkok, Thailand, which is used by more than 20 countries, and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of The Korea Times.
It is regrettable if the cartoons aroused any negative feelings in Russians or any other readers.
We want to make it clear that the publication of the cartoons was not intended to insult or outrage Russians.
Our position is that any form of terrorism cannot be justified under any circumstances in the world.
We extend our deep condolences to the innocent victims of the tragic incident and their families and express our deep regret for any distress that has been caused by the publication of the cartoons.
We hope that Korea will deepen its friendship with Russia on the occasion of their 20th anniversary of diplomatic normalization this year and we will also do make our utmost efforts for this goal. ― ED.
I will say that I really think that The Korean Times is sorry for the slip up and that in the future they will have a better grip on syndicated news items about very sensitive subjects.
So since I jumped on them for being insensitive to Russia. I will also say thank you for the retraction and explanation of what happened…
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Svetlana Catches Patriarch Kirill On Film!



Patriarch Kirill is the person with the white covering on his head. (Covering called – Koukoulion) So who is Patriarch Kirill? – Patriarch Kirill I, or Cyril I (Russian: Кирилл, Патриарх Московский и всея Руси), (secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Гундяев); born November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop who has been Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church since 1 February 2009.
Prior to becoming Patriarch, Kirill was Archbishop (later Metropolitan) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad beginning on 26 December 1984; and also Chairman of the Orthodox Church’s Department for External Church Relations and a permanent member of the Holy Synod beginning in November 1989. (Link)

Svetlana was walking to work and the church that you see in the pictures is nearby. She noticed that there was a lot of activity and Svet is “curious like a cat” as we say in America…
Svet got to experience a rare moment and she was able to capture the Patriarch Kirill on film. She also has a short video and when she gets home maybe we can do something with that video.
Svet was so excited that she emailed these pictures from work and I for one am proud to post these fantastic pictures of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church by Svetlana!
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Moscow Russia and Her Trams!


The first electric streetcar drove through

Moscow’s streets on April 6, 1899. Watch
the video for some Russian history…

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Positive ID on the Second Female Moscow Bomber!


The first female was positively ID several days ago. (Moscow metro suicide bomber identified!) Now they have positive ID on the second girl.

The suicide bomber responsible for the terrorist attack at Lubyanka metro station has been identified as Mariam Sharipova, the federal anti-terrorism committee reported on Tuesday. <----->

Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported on Monday that Sharipova’s father informed authorities in Dagestan that he recognized one of the attackers in photos distributed on the internet as his daughter.

“My wife and I recognized our daughter immediately,” the father said, adding that he and his wife had not known where their daughter was for several days.

“Last time my wife saw our daughter, she was wearing the same red headscarf as in the photo.”

According to the paper, Mariam was born in 1982 in Balakhan, a villiage in the Untsukul region of Dagestan. She studied math and psychology and graduated with distinction in 2005, before returning to Balakhan to teach computer science at the local school.

“She was devout, but she never expressed any radical opinions. She always lived at home; we always knew what she was up to,” Sharipova’s father said.

What a rough way to find out what your daughter did…

She leaves behind parents that had no idea she was married and do not understand why she did what she did…

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Oops: Did Everyone Forget About The Defense Missile Part?


I was wondering when this would come out! I have waited patiently before expressing much information about the new treaty between Russia and America on missiles.

The press has been “Gung Ho” on how wonderful that Obama and Medvedev have worked together and we have this wonderful treaty. Oops…

Russia may withdraw from the arms reduction treaty if Washington significantly increases its missile defense, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama are to sign a new strategic arms treaty on Thursday in Prague. The pact will replace the START 1 treaty, the cornerstone of post-Cold War arms control, which expired on December 5.

“Russia has the right to withdraw from the strategic nuclear weapons treaty if a quantitative and qualitative increase in U.S. strategic missile defense significantly influences the effectiveness of Russian strategic nuclear forces,” the minister said adding that Russia itself will determine the extent of such influence and that this was a specific precondition of Russia. (Link)

Otherwords, install those missiles systems all around Russia and say goodbye to the “Oh So Important Missile Treaty!”

Lavrov has been repeating like a broken record for months, that a new nuclear arms cuts deal be linked to Washington’s missile operations in Eastern Europe. This is a repeat of what Medvedev says also.

I however feel that link will probably not cut the mustard, as the U.S. Senate is unlikely to ratify any document containing a formal link between arms cuts and the defense missile shield.

I do not see this treaty being anything more than a facade that will not be upheld unless America gets their head out of their ass and quit playing games with all the little countries surrounding Russia…
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Russia Upset With South Korea!

The Korea Times messed up big time! Russia is very upset with the South Korean News Agency. Upset enough that some people are calling for a boycott on all South Korea goods…

While most of the world responded to the terrorist attacks in the Moscow subway with sincere sympathy and compassion, in South Korea the press has outrageous caricatures of their cynicism.

The famous South Korean newspaper The Korea Times, an English-language paper, printed immediately after the attacks, a series of cartoons that can not be described except being low life and inhumane.

The first cartoon was published on March 30th, on her engine is painted a skull instead of the cab. On the forehead of skull – a black armband with the likeness of inscriptions in Arabic. As cars tend figurines passengers, among whom is the Grim Reaper with his scythe.

The second picture accompanies an article which appeared on April 1 about “Freedom of the Chechen fight for independence, who fought against the imperial state, which oppresses them.” It depicts a subway car with a blown up bodies near which are scattered bloodied figurines. And above him is a huge sobbing bear in a fur hat, something reminiscent of the Russian premier.

Need to note that the incident occurred right on the celebration of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Just April 2nd in Moscow, began a grand festival of Korean culture…

However, the cartoon’s demure did not go without consequences – On April 5, it was announced that The Korea Times publisher asked the newspaper executives to resign.

Park Moo-jong said that his publication did not want to offend Russia. The newspaper stressed that the cartoons were published without any malice.

I can say from living here in Russia that Russians buy a lot of stuff made in South Korea. The call for boycott is growing and South Korea can ill afford such a boycott. This was a politically very bad move…

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