Windows to Russia

As the old Nike footwear commercial once suggested, “Just Do It!” So let’s get to the global conflagration now while the USA is still the preeminent world power and before more nuke weapons and delivery platforms are built. It’ll start with a withering assault of conventional and nuclear weapons throughout North Korea, Pakistan and Iran. […]

Friends of Syria undermine peace process « Russian News From Russia. The actions of Friends of Syria group of states jeopardize realization of the UN peace plan for Syria, undermining international efforts to end violence in the country, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said. ­

This is a real reason for Russians to come out and rally: Russia’s Communist party (KPRF) is planning to stage a series of protest rallies across the country against possible NATO presence on Russian territory. The KPRF expects that up to 2 million people throughout the country may take part in the event on April […]

Resolutions calling on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step down, the West and its allies have gone ballistic in their desire of regime change. After February’s veto, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, “What’s the endgame?”, to which she replied: “The endgame in the absence of us acting together […]

President Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the Russian government to think about how to simplify the entry into the country by foreign tourists before the summer. In his opinion, the old visa system is hindering the development of tourism in Russia, which was visited last year by a little over two million foreign tourists. Svetlana Andreeva […]

Windows to Russia has once again been moved to another server. This time though it happened smoothly and very little down time. Sveta is getting really good and she is definitely my better half. She works on computers everyday at the Gazprom bank here in Russia and so she has lots of tricks up her […]

Baby boom drives plot for latest toy story | Russia Beyond The Headlines. Russia’s population is no longer dwindling, as the birth rate has been steadily rising since 2009. So much so, that in 2011 Russia became the largest market in Europe for children’s goods as parents splash out on the cute clothing and toys […]

A firefighting helicopter has been dispatched to help put out a blaze on the 67th floor of a skyscraper under construction in Moscow. “A Ka-32 helicopter will be deployed to extinguish the fire,” a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti. The fire broke out just before sunset at 8:00 p.m. in the Federation Tower, which […]

If we want to understand the reasons behind the Russian protests in the run up to the presidential elections in 2012, then we need to distinguish between the organizers of the protests and the mass of the demonstrators that showed up on the most populous rallies gathering a crowd of some 40 to 50 thousands. […]

Last night it snowed some more and that has been the normal for almost every night for a week. This photo is taken on April 2nd, 2012 and gives you a good idea of what it looks like outside as I walk Boza. It is Spring and the snow is melting but in Russia it […]