Russia: Vacation Post 1

Hello, As we had our morning cup of delicious Ukraine Coffee & Tea, we got our internet connection going. We are having a blast on our trip. We decided to go to the Crimea in Ukraine. The weather is wonderful and warm. We stopped on the first leg of our trip, at a town in […]

Russian News: March 28th, 2008!

the ministry’s monitoring report on the economic situation in the country states. Meanwhile, GDP rose 8.2 percent in February 2008 against the same month of 2007. RBC, 28.03.2008, Moscow 11:09:45.Rosneft’s net profit under RAS decreased 1.3 times from nearly RUB 213.217bn (approx. USD 9.07bn) in 2006 to RUB 162bn (approx. USD 6.89bn) in 2007, the […]

Russia: I Am Watching The Dollar Sink, One kopek at a time!

I have watched the Dollar slide downhill slowly but steadily! This effect was not very apparent when I lived in the USA, but living outside of the USA, I see how the Dollar decline is conjunctively with all currencies……————————————————————–Dollar down 13.88 kopeks, euro up 16.91 kopeks – Central Bank 27/03/2008 13:48 MOSCOW, March 27 (RIA […]

Russia: Spy Vs. Spy!

Seems that here in the last few weeks there are spy’s everywhere. Now Belarus has uncovered another spy ring. They must not be very good spy’s because they keep getting caught. Reminds me of: Spy Vs Spy……———————————————————–Belarus says uncovers U.S. spy networkTue Mar 25, 2008 2:17pm EDT MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus said on Tuesday it […]

Russian News: March 25th, 2008!

maker said. The company’s management expects that the synergy between the companies will result from lower expenses and higher operating efficiency. RBC, 25.03.2008, Moscow 17:21:03.LUKoil and Iraq have agreed to form a working group for the implementation of the Western Kurna-2 project, the Russian oil company’s press office reported today, referring to the talks held […]