MOSCOW, August 29. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his televised address on Wednesday the retirement age for women should be 60 rather than 63.”The retirement age for women should not increase more than for men. That’s why I believe it is necessary to reduce the increase in the retirement age for women proposed by the law from 8 to 5 years,” Putin said.The president said the draft bill on the pension reform suggests increasing the retirement age for women by eight years and for men by five years. “That wouldn’t do, certainly. This is wrong,” Putin said.
We got home safe and sound. Traffic in Moscow really, really, really and did I say Really? Sucks. But we got home. You have to understand, everyone is coming back from the villages and dachas….school time!
Last night the playground at our flats was packed to the gills with screaming monkeys. all let loose at once. 😉
Other than that all is good in Moscow. Life is a bowl of cherries and yes there are pits as in everywhere…
The Tiny Russian Village:
Lets start with Vova….he is in love and actually has found someone that really cares for him. I have mentioned her before (Natasha) and she really does like him. So Vova is getting fat, sassy and happy. Love does that and Natasha can cook very good…
But as with all wonderful news, Vova is still fighting with Nina the other full timer in the village. I suspect that one day I will go to the Tiny Russian Village and find these two at the bottom the well dead, having killed each other as they fight over the well issue. They also fight over anything that is available to fight about and they fight over things that make no sense. Yes I should be there and take care of the well, then they would live longer…
Vova and Nina are just too much alike and that is too many in one place….Nina needs a boyfriend?
Father Pavel with the monastery is a happy camper and since Bishop Matt has left for Rome, Italy, he has had to spread himself very thin, but he is happy and that is what counts….it has slowed down the monastery development though….like it stopped! But they did come up and mow the grounds. The last winter Boza and I were at the village, it got so cold. Remember -50 + wind chill? The bees all died. They have not been able to recover from that, so we have no special Monastery Honey this year. Interesting, I had people call me out for lying about the cold as I lived in the Tiny Russian Village….but it was bitterly cold and Boza and I danced along just fine….I miss Boza… 🙁
City people still come to the village on weekends and party to the point of passing out on the sides of the roads. This at least is a safe place to pass out, due to lack of traffic and such. You also have who’s boots are under who’s bed constantly in the Tiny Russian Village. I watched one married gal who came alone, wonder to several different village homes, several nights for a week and then finally her husband showed up after she made the rounds of the village. Took about a week….then when he showed up they partied two nights almost all night and kept us up….I would rather it was just her and she slinked off every night… 😉
No truck to deliver groceries this year. Not enough people at the village…
We worked on Nicolai’s place, he is the one who died recently and after cutting the grass, fixing some fence issues and placing rat poison against those pesky (полевые мыши) field mice. Nice home and it looks like Sveta and I will do the paper work on transferring the ownership of that property. Nicolai’s widow, has no desire to ever go back and since Nicolai and I were very good friends, we will be basically given it. The only thing we have to do is deal with the year plus paper work and costs of doing it. This is a long process in Russia, bureaucracy is fun here….We brought a painting back this trip for Larissa his widow, that is about all she wants?
We have an elder lady who comes now just for the summer and she is over 90 years old now. 90 plus and still self sufficient. She plants gardens, digs it herself. Cleans and works her yard and bosses around her younger bother, like a good girl should do!
90 plus years old! If only I could make it that long? I am pushing it now with my genetics and background…
Our yard had white lilac trees growing good, a healthy rose plant, a perfect pine baby pine growing, a survivor new chestnut tree and more apples than you could ever want….we have bags of them right now at our Moscow home. Svetochka could not leave them and I kept finding her getting apples and filling plastic sacks. 😉
Russia has a serious apple crop this year. Apple trees grow wild everywhere in our place in the world and this year apples are abundant… Yummy
Speaking of crops:
Soybean fields everywhere. Wheat fields everywhere. Sunflower fields everywhere. New fields being opened up. Agriculture has become a serious business in Russia and from what I see Russia is sending unbelievable amounts of soybeans to China. Oops, do not tell anyone I said that! Don’t want any disillusionment from the west about what they want to believe…
The Tiny Russian Village has garnered a reprieve in life. The families of the elders, long since gone have finally discovered the village again. The homes are being rebuilt, the yards cleaned and even new places are being built and or enlarging homes. I am very glad to see this, we even had a family from St. Petersburg come down and do lots of work on their old place…
That is what the Tiny Russian Village is about. Getting back to your roots…
WtR
“But two years later, the vital Kremlin informants have largely gone silent, leaving the C.I.A. and other spy agencies in the dark”…
Really? So our (USA) spies, planted on purpose, in and around the Kremlin are hiding and quiet. So we admit that we have spies in and around the Kremlin! And we admit we intentionally want and need these spies to do the dirty work?
I only ask which Kremlin are they hiding in?
Russia has lots of Kremlins…
Twelve Russian Kremlins. The Moscow Kremlin is easily recognized around the world as a symbol of Russia and the seat of its president. But few people outside Russia have heard about the other Russian fortresses that are also known as kremlins…
Twelve Russian Kremlins – Russia Beyond
https://www.rbth.com/articles/2010/12/23/twelve_russian_kremlins.html
Yes this is another tidbit of information and sock monkey lovers will not like this info!
WtR
Update: Another way to look at the same article…. by Paul Craig Roberts
When I first read this — https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/us/politics/cia-russia-midterm-elections.html — I thought it was a caricature of fake news. Then I realized it was a New York Times article, and being fairly certain that the arrogant presstitute organization was not taking the piss out of itself, as it is one of the main purveyors of fake news, I found the conclusion unavoidable that Julian E. Barnes and Matthew Rosenberg were so tightly bound inside The Matrix that they might
Source: According to the New York Times Putin Rules America – PaulCraigRoberts.org
New noiseless and environment-friendly vehicles will be used in the VDNKh area.
The first 10 electric buses will come into service on 1 September, ahead of the planned deadline. They will serve the routes in the VDNKh area, Deputy Moscow Mayor and Head of the Department of Transport and Road Infrastructure Development Maxim Liksutov said.
“We are planning to launch the buses on 1 September. We will put them on display for everyone to see and explain how they drive and what technical characteristics they have. After that they will take to routes and serve as ordinary public transit vehicles,” he said.
The first electric buses will serve routes 7, 34k, 36, 42, 73, 76, 80 and 83. This is a noiseless and environment-friendly type of transport that makes it possible to reduce harmful atmospheric emissions.
“We understand that this is completely new equipment that has characteristics surpassing those of electric buses used by other cities. But we have studied their experience and their best practices and have devised a technical design specification incorporating the most advanced solutions in terms of quality and technical characteristics,” he stressed.
Under a state contract, the electric buses will be supplied by the GAZ and KamAZ Groups, which will also service them for the next 15 years.
“Each manufacturer, I mean GAZ and KamAZ, two highly reputable groups, is responsible for every electric bus. I am happy that we have contracted Russian manufacturers. This electric bus is a fully Russian product, it’s made and assembled in our country and we are glad that this is so,” he added.
Starting in 2021, Moscow will stop buying diesel buses for its surface municipal transport routes and will only purchase electric buses.
The new type of public transit will make travel more comfortable due to lower noise and vibration levels. The electric buses are low-floor vehicles lacking level difference and equipped with USB chargers, climate control, CCTV and satellite navigation systems.
https://www.mos.ru/en/news/item/44028073/
WtR
A whole bunch of misalignment about the status of the cookie monster law in the EU…
As a black bar pops up near the top of the page, just answer and all is good. If you want don’t answer, cookies blocked and all is still good. So to comply with any possible issues arising. Please accept that WtR uses cookies and WtR Cookies are really not a bad thing…
I think it sets a cookie to tell about cookies. I set it to last three months and then it will ask you again…
Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap. – Barbara Jordan
Yup, that sums that up!
WtR
Been very busy and now as with all fun things in life, it has to end…
Beautiful weather we had….will write about everyone in the village when I get home…
WtR
Just Svetochka out and about taking pictures of everything she sees. Can you find the snake in the grass?
I wonder; Is that a boat load of immigrants sneaking into our village? 🙂
WtR
Interesting: Some of the Russian oligarchs, as we all know all too well, took their cash outside Russia to prevent the Russian government from taking back what they scarfed from it et alii…. If the U.S. is currently now stealing the cash from the oligarchs (whom they helped to steal the funds from Russia in the first place,) however, I shall laugh. And I am sure Mister Putin could allow himself a delicate smile upon the news that oligarchs ignoring the warnings have been backed stabbed…. The oligarchs ought to have known and or remembered that thieves mustn’t consort with violent robbers, or they’ll lose all they stole themselves – and find their throats cut with the sticky fingered discount…
ZURICH (Reuters) – One of Switzerland’s largest banks, Credit Suisse, has frozen roughly 5 billion Swiss francs ($5 billion) of money linked to Russia to avoid falling foul of U.S. sanctions, according to its accounts, further increasing pressure on Moscow.
You have to understand: Russia has warned these thieves many times to take care of their stolen money and these thieves listening to the USA and EU, stayed away from Mother Russia (because you know – Russia bad.) Now the thieves have been shanghaied by their mentors and that is just right…
Easy come easy go…
WtR
Inside a Russian Sauna…and
Woodpecker…and
Bee-Eaters…and
I like it…and
Father Pavel and another Monk…and
It is heaven. Our Tiny Russian Village…
WtR
I know, I know, there is always a million excuses why we have to do this and have to do that? Just like using Russian rocket engines, a million excuses. But….I call bull crap on it all…
We can go back to 1995, but I remember information back in the old days about the oil we got from the Soviets. This is just oil we have gotten from Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. So we have been using their oil for a very long time…
U.S. Imports from Russia of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MTTIM_NUS-NRS_1&f=M
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Arranged: Month, U.S. Imports from Russia of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products are Thousand Barrels
May 2018, 15216
Apr 2018, 7302
Mar 2018, 11044
Feb 2018, 8304
Jan 2018, 11951
Dec 2017, 12046
Nov 2017, 10711
Oct 2017, 11000
Sep 2017, 13499
Aug 2017, 13723
Jul 2017, 11112
Jun 2017, 15100
May 2017, 12425
Apr 2017, 9231
Mar 2017, 11734
Feb 2017, 8919
Jan 2017, 10796
Dec 2016, 10342
Nov 2016, 12562
Oct 2016, 15220
Sep 2016, 12618
Aug 2016, 15454
Jul 2016, 16697
Jun 2016, 14547
May 2016, 13483
Apr 2016, 15266
Mar 2016, 10206
Feb 2016, 12640
Jan 2016, 12251
Dec 2015, 6791
Nov 2015, 9597
Oct 2015, 9528
Sep 2015, 11058
Aug 2015, 15790
Jul 2015, 13810
Jun 2015, 15002
May 2015, 10447
Apr 2015, 10737
Mar 2015, 11667
Feb 2015, 8398
Jan 2015, 12422
Dec 2014, 11008
Nov 2014, 5102
Oct 2014, 9810
Sep 2014, 8455
Aug 2014, 12226
Jul 2014, 12563
Jun 2014, 8234
May 2014, 10877
Apr 2014, 12136
Mar 2014, 13143
Feb 2014, 10207
Jan 2014, 6584
Dec 2013, 8204
Nov 2013, 9761
Oct 2013, 17210
Sep 2013, 13755
Aug 2013, 17734
Jul 2013, 14128
Jun 2013, 15574
May 2013, 17185
Apr 2013, 17531
Mar 2013, 14063
Feb 2013, 12717
Jan 2013, 10162
Dec 2012, 16221
Nov 2012, 13354
Oct 2012, 17127
Sep 2012, 16853
Aug 2012, 11406
Jul 2012, 15220
Jun 2012, 19645
May 2012, 16972
Apr 2012, 11637
Mar 2012, 10105
Feb 2012, 8344
Jan 2012, 17728
Dec 2011, 17117
Nov 2011, 22120
Oct 2011, 21309
Sep 2011, 17748
Aug 2011, 18150
Jul 2011, 17476
Jun 2011, 20655
May 2011, 21190
Apr 2011, 21122
Mar 2011, 21380
Feb 2011, 12224
Jan 2011, 17283
Dec 2010, 15938
Nov 2010, 16835
Oct 2010, 20298
Sep 2010, 19427
Aug 2010, 24371
Jul 2010, 22295
Jun 2010, 22791
May 2010, 22293
Apr 2010, 17604
Mar 2010, 15315
Feb 2010, 11850
Jan 2010, 14353
Dec 2009, 11923
Nov 2009, 12435
Oct 2009, 11945
Sep 2009, 14580
Aug 2009, 15649
Jul 2009, 23484
Jun 2009, 18532
May 2009, 25083
Apr 2009, 22772
Mar 2009, 19904
Feb 2009, 13224
Jan 2009, 15994
Dec 2008, 11844
Nov 2008, 13343
Oct 2008, 12214
Sep 2008, 12999
Aug 2008, 15185
Jul 2008, 17740
Jun 2008, 22914
May 2008, 14268
Apr 2008, 12053
Mar 2008, 12466
Feb 2008, 13083
Jan 2008, 12155
Dec 2007, 9481
Nov 2007, 14103
Oct 2007, 14022
Sep 2007, 11671
Aug 2007, 12909
Jul 2007, 16542
Jun 2007, 8558
May 2007, 15462
Apr 2007, 16682
Mar 2007, 14109
Feb 2007, 6767
Jan 2007, 10768
Dec 2006, 11450
Nov 2006, 6702
Oct 2006, 11332
Sep 2006, 16103
Aug 2006, 15049
Jul 2006, 13164
Jun 2006, 12904
May 2006, 19248
Apr 2006, 6589
Mar 2006, 6805
Feb 2006, 8524
Jan 2006, 6776
Dec 2005, 8512
Nov 2005, 6497
Oct 2005, 13486
Sep 2005, 13973
Aug 2005, 7344
Jul 2005, 19032
Jun 2005, 10487
May 2005, 11324
Apr 2005, 19797
Mar 2005, 15799
Feb 2005, 12979
Jan 2005, 10451
Dec 2004, 11302
Nov 2004, 14711
Oct 2004, 9143
Sep 2004, 7029
Aug 2004, 7938
Jul 2004, 12293
Jun 2004, 12963
May 2004, 7016
Apr 2004, 11155
Mar 2004, 6027
Feb 2004, 5347
Jan 2004, 4227
Dec 2003, 2239
Nov 2003, 2124
Oct 2003, 2894
Sep 2003, 8244
Aug 2003, 12751
Jul 2003, 17063
Jun 2003, 15809
May 2003, 6455
Apr 2003, 3961
Mar 2003, 7981
Feb 2003, 7581
Jan 2003, 5609
Dec 2002, 8558
Nov 2002, 7663
Oct 2002, 9153
Sep 2002, 6763
Aug 2002, 7305
Jul 2002, 6814
Jun 2002, 6944
May 2002, 11487
Apr 2002, 5750
Mar 2002, 2956
Feb 2002, 1420
Jan 2002, 1877
Dec 2001, 931
Nov 2001, 663
Oct 2001, 1044
Sep 2001, 3725
Aug 2001, 3652
Jul 2001, 2520
Jun 2001, 1423
May 2001, 2716
Apr 2001, 3438
Mar 2001, 1641
Feb 2001, 5126
Jan 2001, 5904
Dec 2000, 1710
Nov 2000, 1485
Oct 2000, 3427
Sep 2000, 2655
Aug 2000, 2276
Jul 2000, 2412
Jun 2000, 2242
May 2000, 1359
Apr 2000, 2481
Mar 2000, 1952
Feb 2000, 3485
Jan 2000, 898
Dec 1999, 962
Nov 1999, 2833
Oct 1999, 3396
Sep 1999, 4251
Aug 1999, 4281
Jul 1999, 4296
Jun 1999, 4475
May 1999, 3382
Apr 1999, 2261
Mar 1999, 814
Feb 1999, 792
Jan 1999, 868
Dec 1998, 1966
Nov 1998, 1623
Oct 1998, 453
Sep 1998, 1005
Aug 1998, 33
Jul 1998, 2141
Jun 1998, 1006
May 1998, 0
Apr 1998, 3
Mar 1998, 106
Feb 1998, 347
Jan 1998, 0
Dec 1997, 0
Nov 1997, 622
Oct 1997, 412
Sep 1997, 0
Aug 1997, 992
Jul 1997, 293
Jun 1997, 238
May 1997, 0
Apr 1997, 601
Mar 1997, 395
Feb 1997, 519
Jan 1997, 653
Dec 1996, 797
Nov 1996, 0
Oct 1996, 1313
Sep 1996, 1182
Aug 1996, 998
Jul 1996, 1308
Jun 1996, 429
May 1996, 1948
Apr 1996, 0
Mar 1996, 556
Feb 1996, 394
Jan 1996, 326
Dec 1995, 469
Nov 1995, 831
Oct 1995, 0
Sep 1995, 1498
Aug 1995, 4209
Jul 1995, 1257
Jun 1995, 440
May 1995, 367
Apr 1995, 0
Mar 1995, 0
Feb 1995, 0
Jan 1995, 0
Just games and more games. While this is not earth shattering amounts of oil, it is oil imported from Russia and it is oil that we need. Yet we act (No, we don’t “ACT”, but we “ARE”!) arrogant, uncaring, selfish, borderline sadistic, apathetic, mean, spiteful, dishonorable on the world stage. Towards countries like Russia, Iran, Venezuela, South Africa, Brazil, Turkey, China and so on and so on…
That is that bully syndrome I talk about all the time…
Lots of tidbits add up to a big pile of bull…
WtR