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Hello, Today Russia’s Orthodox believers are celebrating Russia’s conversion to Christianity 1,020 years ago. The religion was brought from Constantinople (now Istanbul) by Prince Vladimir. At first it was met with great resistance by the pagans but over time was broadly accepted and came to define the soul of the nation. Part 2. comments always […]

The Economist assumes that production costs are equal overall. That means it’s possible to measure the purchasing power of world currencies in reference to the dollar according to the price Big Macs. Using the Big Mac index, the U.S. dollar should cost 16.5 roubles instead of the official rate of 23.37 rubles quoted by the […]

Germany Handed Over Litvinenko Files to Russia Germany has handed over to Russia the files related to assassination of FSB ex-officer Alexander Litvinenko and attempted murder of Dmitry Kovtun, RIA Novosti reported with reference to Vladimir Markin, the official representative of Investigating Committee of the RF General Prosecutor Office. The files were provided in July, […]

Hello, I found this study on Russians and their so called desire to all leave the country. Like I suspected already while living in Russia, they do not have anymore desire to leave than other counties do…————————————————-Roughly a half of Russians don’t want to go overseas but a third of the nation (35 percent) favors […]

RBC: Russia’s gold and foreign exchange reserves stood at $588.3 billion as of July 18, 2008, $10 billion, or 1.7 percent, more than a week before. Over the previous two weeks, the reserves rose by $14.8 billion. From June 27 to July 18, they increased by $24.8 billion, or 4.4 percent. The fast rise could […]

Hello, As you remember on Wednesdays we publish Stories from Soviet Childhood – my generation w At that moment steps were heard outside and the door-bell rang. Marina and Ira ran to open the door. Sasha [boy’s name] poked his head into the passage and hissed after them: “Don’t let him in!”But Marina [girls’s name] […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and the issue of Condoleezza Rice keeps coming up. Looks like she is the new mouth for the USA. Her latest threat was yesterday, it was printed that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave Iran a two week deadline to curb its nuclear program….. Rice wants […]

I printed a post not long ago about Russia: “Beware Russia is Growing While You Look The Other Way!” So while everyone is still worried about mole hills, Russia is building Mountains!————————————————-BARVIKHA (Moscow Region), July 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russian energy companies have signed cooperation agreements with Venezuela’s state oil and gas company as part […]

Hello, While drinking my morning cup of coffee, I was thinking about some of the blogs that we read all the time. The Silver People Chronicle: A blog about the history of the Panama Canal! clarkspicks.com: A blog about classic music videos, you do not want to miss them! Diary From England: A blog about […]

U.S. Outpaced Russia in June Inflation from Kommersant