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Hello, This is big news in Russia: The Los Angeles Times carried an interview with the grandmother of the new Octuplets born in California: “The babies’ grandmother, who said her daughter already has six young children and never expected the fertility treatment she had received would result in eight more babies.” OK! I am happy […]

Grab a cup of coffee and sit a moment to read Putins speech: For the first time in the history of the Forum – Russian politician Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has delivered the key-note opening speech at Davos World Economic Forum. Here is the speech:————————————————————-Esteemed participants of the World Economic Forum, Ladies and gentlemen, I […]

I read 3 (three) articles today from main Western press sources. Multiples of forum articles and multiple of blog articles. The main consensus of the articles stated that it is obvious who is in charge in Russia. Putin is the one going to the World Economic Forum (Davos) and that means Putin Runs Russia! But: […]

January 28, 2009, 19:39 The opening ceremony of Davos World Economic Forum starts at 20:30 Moscow time (17:30 GMT) with a keynote speech by Russian PM Vladimir Putin. Watch it live on RT. Live on RT 17:30 GMT.

Looks like Russia is up to her normal stuff… Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has paid a pleasant state visit to Uzbekistan. He came back to Moscow with some delicious Uzbek flat-bread, some natural gas and a honorary PhD from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent. While Medvedev was trotting around the country […]

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk has withdrawn from the election, leaving just two candidates. (Link) Could a car thief, who stole a $US 45,000 offroader in Moscow last night, have ever imagined that it belongs to, of all things, the Orthodox Church? (Link) Financial crises, the recent gas […]

Hello,Seems that this could be the largest dollar value underwater salvage job ever found. There also seems to be a blend of several countries wealth aboard this vessel. It is said that the primary cargo was mostly Soviet and the rest from Britain. This means that Russia could have a huge say in the split […]

21:30 D. Medvedev congratulated B. Obama on officially taking on the duties of head of state, and wished him success in this high office. During the telephone conversation both parties expressed their intention to focus their efforts on renewing the potential of the Russian-American relations, and on resolving issues in a constructive way, including those […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and thinking about what I went through on Friday to acquire American dollars in Ukraine. I had to come up with only American dollars to satisfy officials. Four months ago I could have withdrawn the money from an ATM. Not now! My card I carry is in […]