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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 […]

Our Western colleagues saw in Russia a partner that one cannot wipe one’s feet on!

I am drinking my morning cup of coffee and thinking about the play that Svetlana and I saw last night in downtown Moscow, Russia. It was a play for the employees of the Gazprom Bank. Ever year Gazprom Bank has a special event for International Womens Day that falls on the 8th of March. One […]

I was drinking my cup of coffee and doing some thinking, Lets continue today on this missile issue. Medvedev came out yesterday and said what I expected him to say. Russia will not sell out Iran over the missile defense issue. The Western press stirred up a hornets nest and relations in Russian eyes went […]

agreement concerning liquefied and pipeline gas, Gazprom’s CEO Alexei Miller told journalists in Madrid today. He went on to say that Spain was one of the largest gas markets in Europe, but Gazprom had so far not shipped any gas to the country because of the distance separating Russia and Spain. However, the gas giant […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and looking at about a hundred articles from the Western press that makes it look that Obama is calling Russia on the carpet over the missile issue in Europe. Western press and Obama sidekicks are bragging that Obama sent a hand delivered letter to Moscow with an […]