Windows to Russia

Looks like Moscow is serious about protecting the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) members. I do not blame them, what with the USA pushing missile defense down Russia throats! Kinda like: The next door neighbor has a shotgun pointed at your house & everytime you look out the window all you see is the neighbors […]

I have read nothing lately from Politicians in the USA, that does not say anything but talk down about Russia! McCain is a big issue, with his threats about Russia! Sen. John McCain said Sunday the United States should respond harshly to Russia’s anti-democratic actions and suggested that President Bush is reconsidering his assessment of […]

* After someone has left the house on a long journey, their room and/or their things should not be cleaned up until they have arrived. * Knocking on wood is practiced in Russia as in other countries. * Breaking a mirror is not considered bad luck in Russia, but looking at one’s reflection in a […]

The city authorities of Moscow plan to purchase one more tunneling system to drive a tunnel below Kolomenskoe mansion, Alexander Zemelman, president of JSC Metrogiprotrans, declared at a press conference on December 18, RIA Novosti reported. “The capital [of Russia] authorities intend to purchase a 19-metre-diameter(62.34 ft.) tunnel shield from a German company for performing […]

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I love pancakes but I think that I would never eat as many as this guy did: Last Week: A St. Petersburger man has set a new Guinness Book Of World Record for eating pancakes. Andrei Smirnov at age 33, ate 73 pancakes in 60 minutes, at the village of Lakhta, 20 kilometers west of […]

$99.9m, the investment and development company said in a statement today. The coupon rate has been set at 10.45 percent, and the maturity period is 5 years. The offering was made as part of the global loan program of ING Bank N.V., London. RBC, 11.03.2008, Moscow 15:01:20.Vnukovo International Airport’s passenger traffic surged 43.6 percent to […]

Some people knows him just as a great singer, but he was unique man. He had a very strong opinion about fairness and he fought for his beliefs. He toured Republican Spain during the Spanish Civil War and was photographed with members of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, including its black commander, Oliver Law. His repertoire […]

Turkmenistan. A delegation of the Russian natural gas producer’s top managers is due to arrive in Ashgabat on March 9 to hold talks with the country’s officials over Itera’s participation in new and existing oil and gas projects. For instance, the company intends to sign a production sharing agreement (PSA) for three blocks of the […]

I was drinking my wonderful morning cup of coffee & thinking that I am aware of what Russia is capable of, but our beloved leaders in the west appear to be a little slow to digest it all. Maybe its because they have never lived or worked overseas. When the Soviet Empire crashed, out of […]