Russian News From Russia: June 16th, 2009!

Moscow and Beijing to talk about Pyongyang and Obama:It is hard to find two other top leaders who would meet more often than those of Russia and China. They attend at least two summits per year, plus the inevitable G8 summer meeting (Russia is a member of the club and China is always invited), and […]

The Conventional Wisdom on Putin is Wrong…

The Conventional Wisdom on Putin is Wrong: First of all, Putin is the Prime Minister of Russia and his primary concern is the well-being of Russia and not winning a popularity contest in the West. His “bedside manner” is quite non- apologetically blunt. He suffers no fools and demands respect. He is not a diplomat. […]

Russian News From Russia: June 12th, 2009!

World Health Organization declares swine flu pandemic:The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Thursday its first flu pandemic of the 21st century following an emergency meeting on the swine flu outbreak that has hit 74 countries. Ahmadinejad to attend Shanghai group summit in Russia:Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will participate in this weekend’s summit of the […]

Moscow , Russia: The Sun Tries to Set!

Hello, I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and remembered that I took some pictures last night when I walked the dog. I grabbed the cell phone camera to see what and if they came out. I got a couple of good pictures out of the 20 pictures – I took. So lets see […]

Russian News From Russia: June 9th, 2009!

Magna, Sberbank to pay $139 mln upfront for Opel deal:Canada’s Magna and Russia’s Sberbank will pay 100 million euros ($139 million) upfront as part of the deal to buy struggling German auto maker Opel, a Russian business paper said on Tuesday. Egypt to deport eight Russian students:Egyptian authorities were due on Tuesday to deport eight […]