Windows to Russia

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and thing about this weekend. This weekend is still going strong. Russia has a long weekend because of the importance of the events around this time of the year.

The text on the first poster reads: “8th of March is the day of the rebellion of the working women against the kitchen slavery” and “Down with the oppression and narrow-mindedness of the household work!”. Then life mellowed out later and became an apolitical celebration of women with an emphasis on their beauty and motherhood. […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and thinking about how far apart the thinking’s of Russia and America are. The Western Press is alight with articles about the reset button given to Lavrov by Clinton. They have acted like it was a terrible thing. It was not a terrible thing because Lavrov was […]

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The average monthly wages in Moscow according to government figures stands at RUB 30,109 (approx. USA $839) from January-December 2008. RBC We get asked for this information all the time. This is not a figure for Russia but for Moscow only. People who live in rural Russia are making closer to $100 to $200 a […]

the Moscow government told RBC today. GDP grew only 6 percent in 2008 against 7.7 percent a year earlier, while industrial production growth amounted to a mere 0.5 percent in 2008 compared to 11.5 percent in 2007. Similarly, fixed investment edged up 0.6 percent in 2008 against 6 percent in the previous year, while the […]

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A Very Simple Borsch 400g – beef2 – average size red beets200g – cabbage4 – potatoes1 – carrot5g – garlic or to taste2 – tomatoes1 – tsp. vinegarsalt and pepper, to tasteparsley to taste or several pinchesdill to taste or a pinchonions to taste or 1 onion Borsch is like a soup, but do not […]