Abkhazia railway almost done….

I have tried to present how Russia feels about the USA meddling in this side of the world…————————————————-“Everything is fine until we’re told how we are meant to behave, who to sleep with and who to push out the door,” the diplomat was quoted as saying. “After all, they are not godfathers of our children, […]

Hello, I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and thinking about the German documents given to Russia on the Litvinenko case…. ————————————————- Documents submitted by the German police last week do not give grounds to allege a ‘Russian trail’ in the murder of former Russian security officer Aleksandr Litvinenko. That’s according to Russia’s Prosecutor […]

Last week I had a reader comment about the British side of the Zimbabwe situation. The British have a strong interest in the country due to past history. So I was thinking about how the press inputs information to the world. Look at the titles on these articles about Zimbabwe…… Last-ditch effort to move Zimbabwe […]

RBC, 28.07.2008, Moscow 19:57:43.Russia’s Economy Ministry has downgraded its oil exports forecast for 2008 to 249m tonnes from the previous reading of 251m-256m tonnes, Deputy Economy Minister Andrei Klepach told journalists today. Simultaneously, the ministry raised its natural gas exports forecast from 202.8bn cubic meters to 205bn cubic meters. RBC, 28.07.2008, Moscow 18:54:59.The Bank of […]

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 […]