Dental Work in Russia Again! (Time to Fix a Filling!)
I was drinking my morning cup of coffee here in Moscow, Russia and just thinking about the weekend. On Saturday morning we decided that I had to do something about a molar tooth that seemed to have issues. It had been filled almost twenty years ago and a piece of the filling had cracked out […]
Opel is Officially Sold to Russia and Canada!
I was drinking my morning cup of coffee here in Moscow, Russia. I have been following the details of the Opel acquisition by Russia. Russia’s biggest lender Sberbank and automotive giant GAZ – along with Canadian car parts firm Magna – are to buy Opel from US motor giant General Motors, which is filing for […]
Tidbits of News on Russia! (5-29-09)
I was drinking my morning cup of wonderful coffee here in Moscow, Russia. I was thinking about some tidbits of information that had come to my attention. The first thing that hit me this morning was the fact that the ruble had strengthened a lot against the dollar. It now has breached the 31 ruble […]
Russian News From Russia: May 29th, 2009!
Italian investors to develop tourism in Russia’s Altai Territory:Investors from Italy’s South Tirol region have agreed to develop tourism in southwest Siberia’s Altai Territory, the Altai administration said. Russia wants CSTO to be as strong as NATO:Russia is planning to build a strong military contingent in Central Asia within the framework of the Collective Security […]
Russia: Lets Step Back in Time – Volga GAZ Model 21 and 24!
Hello, Today I found a couple of videos that I thought were pretty cool. The first one is a step back in time. Lets go for a short ride from the back seat of a Volga GAZ Model 21! That is all today and I hope that you enjoyed the videos. Even though I think […]
From Russia: Digital Sky Technologies (DST) – Buys a Stake in Facebook!
I was drinking my morning cup of coffee here in Moscow, Russia. I was thinking about the information that I have been following about the Russian company – Digital Sky Technologies (DST) buying a 2% stake in Facebook! It evidently has become a reality and now Facebook who has never made any money yet but […]
Recipe From Russia: Simple Olivier! (The Russian Potato Salad)
Since Summer is here and us Americans think of potato salad. In Russia, the potato salad is a winter favorite and a summer favorite. The Olivier is a must have at the Russian New Years. That means that there are only 500,000,000 recipes called Olivier, Salad Olivier, Russian Salad or Sour Russian Potato Salad. Rumor […]