Windows to Russia

The writing is on the wall! This is a common statement from my childhood and one that I use even in this day and age.

Russia in the stages of, the beginning to reach the end. Other words Russia will definitely end poultry imports from the USA as of January 19 due to health concerns, Putin says local producers can fill domestic demand and even start exporting poultry within 4 years.

Putin made a statement, “If positive trends remain, in four-five years maximum we will be able not only to meet 100% of internal demand of poultry with our domestic goods but also to win a significant place in the global market.”

American press comes back with saying there’s no scientific proof to that claim, with the U.S. Agriculture Secretary’s warning that the Russian rejection could hurt bilateral relations.

I will tell you that the stoppage of chicken imports by Russia will seriously hurt U.S. poultry producers, with Russia being the number one export market for America chicken. Russia imported 77% of her chicken from America in 2009. But that chicken that was imported was under duress the whole time. Russia has for quite a while been telling America that you must meet our guidelines on chicken. Which are basically the same guidelines that have caused Europe to have had a ban on U.S. poultry, for since 1997.

Looks like this is much deeper than just a chicken quality issue. I see “the writing on the wall” and this is telling me that this is just the beginning of multiples of changes coming in the world order. America always thinks the world revolves around her interests and can not foresee anyone saying “No”!

“Ouch” says America! You see America is not the only country the exports chicken. Brazil, the EU, Thailand and China also export chicken and I see some hands in the air already asking to be let in the door. Everyone wants to increase sales.

What with US tariff issues on Chinese chicken, China will just turn her head next door. Also definitely do not forget that the EU is next door also…

Knock! knock!

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PS: Sometimes the only way to become self sufficient is to get a “stiff upper lip” and take a beating for a while. In the end Russia would come out way ahead on using local chicken production and growing until they can export…

The National Interest: “The problem is simple: not only are many Russian and American interests today out of alignment, the political realities in both countries work against any effective partnership being developed. This is because there is a major difference in how partnership/partnyostvo is defined in Washington and Moscow. For any American administration, a “partner” of the United States helps to advance the U.S. national interests, especially through burden sharing. We look at the world and believe that a partner should be assisting us in meeting the most critical national-security challenges we face—Afghanistan and Iran in particular. Russia’s efforts to use the critical northern transport route to Afghanistan as a point of leverage, and its unwillingness to apply the kinds of pressure against Tehran we know could be employed, are not the acts of a true partner. From Moscow’s perspective, Washington’s continued indifference to some of Russia’s most vital security and economic interests in its neighborhood—and sometimes active opposition to them—are likewise not what one expects of a partner. “Ruka ruku moyet” (One hand washes the other) is at the fundamental definition of what partnership consists of, in the Kremlin’s view.” (Read Rest of Article)

Moscow and Washington could resume talks on a new U.S.-Russian strategic arms reduction treaty by the end of January and the big word is could. But as we should remember: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said, “U.S. plans for a missile defense system were the main obstacle to reaching a new deal on reducing Cold War arsenals of nuclear weapons.” This is the same thing that Medvedev told Obama when they tried to get a handle on the new treaty.

I have already written about this once and it looks like a stall has happened in the process. The stall being, America wants to play with missile defense systems that affect Russia and Russia says, “Nope!”

Once again Russia and America play Chicken with Chickens!

Jazz legend passes away – RT: “One of Russia’s most celebrated jazz musicians, Georgy Garanyan, has died aged 75 in Southern Russia where he arrived on tour with his orchestra.”

A few weeks ago I was reading about the statements from the British that literally blamed Russia for the Iraq war. I thought about this for a little bit and did some checking around as to why the British would make this statement!

Read this:

Blair’s ex-foreign policy adviser Sir John Sawers said Russia blocked the “smart sanctions” against Iraq, which the US and British delegations lobbied for in the UN Security Council in 2001. In Sawers’ view, this stance of Russia made the war inevitable.

Now after reading the UN information on this so called “smart sanctions” by America and Britain, I came to a conclusion that you had better get your waders on because the doo doo is really getting deep!

A recent statement by Britain’s former prime minister, Tony Blair, said that he would have gone to war even if he had known that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction! This makes Mr Sawer’s statement above even more worthless to have even expressed.

So what is this bull about?

This morning while Boza and I walked, we noticed a huge difference in the cold. It was very cold and all the trees had a very delicate icy crystal covering. (Not a solid sheet of ice.) I tried to get close enough to get a good picture but just walking near the limbs made the crystals vaporize from the heat that came from me and Boza. So nature had reached a delicate balance of temperature that was easy to upset

The Eastern press news in Russia is hopping today with the issue of America selling arms to Taiwan! It seems that America has a bunch of little deals going on with weapons in the world and one of these deals involves Taiwan. This has got China in a bad mood and it looks like China is getting ready to slap America back if America does not get her priorities straight. (Problem is that America thinks that she has her priorities in order…)

China urged the United States on Saturday to reverse its decision to sell arms to Taiwan, Xinhua reported.
The U.S. arms sales to Taiwan undermine China’s national security as well as the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told the agency, stressing Beijing’s “resolute opposition” to the sales.
This was China’s sixth official warning over the issue in a week, as government officials denounced the U.S. move.
He Yafei said China had strongly protested the U.S. government’s recent decision to allow Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin Corp. to sell weapons to Taiwan.
The sales plan was part of an arms package announced in October 2008 by the Bush administration, which included weapons and equipment such as Patriot III anti-missile systems.
He said the Taiwan issue was “the most important and sensitive issue at the core of Sino-U.S. relations.”
BEIJING, January 9 (RIA Novosti)

This is a soft article about the issue and if you have a desire look at any Chinese articles on this subject. They are getting real tired of American interference in this side of the world…