Windows to Russia

Hello, When we drive to the village we pass a lot of Old Orthodox Churches. We have pictures through out our blog of many churches from past excursions (Links at end of article…) and this time we took some more pictures as we found interesting churches as we traveled this last weekend to our village…Continue reading Russian Orthodox Churches on the way to the Village!

Police officer injured in blast in Russia’s Caucasus:A police officer was injured in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Kabardino Balkaria when an illegal arms cache he discovered exploded, local police said on Friday. Russian monetary base up 2.4% in week to $127.1 billion:Russia’s Central Bank said Friday the country’s narrowly defined money supply (M1) wasContinue reading Russian News From Russia: June 19th, 2009!

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and reading an article in the local newspaper about the upcoming UN report on the Georgia – Russian war back in August 7, 2008. Svet and I have been a supporter of Russia in this war and have not varied from our thinking. We watched a WesternContinue reading Saakashvili: The President Who Lost His Country!

Коммуна,Заря Свободы Hello, Lets look at the Russian Village called “Sunrise to Freedom” and tour the area as we look… Here is a shot of the front of the village as I walk toward it from the lake… (Below) All Villages that we have seen in Russia have this phone now. This was not availableContinue reading Windows to Russia: Presents – Sunrise to Freedom (A Russian Village!)

Take a big soup pot and chop all the carrots, celery root, parsley root, turnip root and parsnip root into a small (quarter inch) diced size and add them to the big soup pot. Then add the Sauerkraut and chopped up pickled tomatoes. Then add two to three cups of water and let it cookContinue reading Recipe from Russia: Щи (Schi) – Veggy Soup with Sauerkraut!

Hello, This mornings cup of coffee was back in Moscow, Russia. I was contemplating about the tornado that hit the village this weekend! (Did I say tornado?) We will just jump into the nitty gritty… I had just fired up the shashlik grill and threading the meat and veggies on to the metal sticks. ThisContinue reading From Russia: The Russian Village and the Tornado!

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), andContinue reading Russian News From Russia: June 16th, 2009!

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.Continue reading The Conventional Wisdom on Putin is Wrong…