Windows to Russia

While the country seems to have the name Thailand, I remember well that many people there still called it Siam. Especially the elderly people. I have been to Thailand before, but to enter the country as a military baboon is not the same thing as entering a country and seeing it with fresh unadulterated eyes… […]

On January 14th, 2013 the Orthodox New Year is happening. This is because it is really only just January 1st according to the Julian calendar which is used by the Orthodox to keep track of the days of the year. So since we just had Christmas on the Gregorian calendar of the 7th of January […]

John Brennan vs. a Sixteen-Year-Old: In October 2011, 16-year-old Tariq Aziz attended a gathering in Islamabad where he was taught how to use a video camera so he could document the drones that were constantly circling over his Pakistani village, terrorizing and killing his family and neighbors. Two days later, when Aziz was driving with […]

You know that we are screwed in this world when truth and fish are so far apart from reality. Nothing is real anymore and nothing is being done to stop the terrible Orwellian path the world is on… I awoke this morning and saw this article about the tuna and the record price in Japan […]

Since Russians love caviar so much and I posted about caviar a few days ago, I decided to give you a favorite recipes amongst the Russians. Russians adore caviar on their pancakes. Now remember pancakes are called blini in Russia! so lets make a Russian treat… Ingredients 2 large Eggs 50g/2oz Buckwheat Flour 25g/1oz Plain […]

Sweet Potato: In our Globus nearby, we found sweet potatoes. Sveta loves sweet potatoes (I introduced her to her very first a few years ago.) and they are very rare in Russia. In fact so rare that Sveta took some to her mother to try out. It is not often that we find sweet potatoes […]

MOSCOW, January 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to grant legendary French actor Gerard Depardieu Russian citizenship, the Kremlin press office reported on Thursday. “In accordance with clause “a” of article 89 of the Russian Constitution, the application for Russian citizenship by Gerard Xavier Depardieu born in France in […]

Beer is officially Alcohol as the rules and regulations go into effect January 1st. Our little grocery store near us has removed beer completely and will no longer sell it. They can not afford the license that is required to sell it. Finally beer is alcohol in Russia… A 5 years business visa is possible […]

Yes – 2012 taught me a whole bunch. This is what is going through my mind as I sip that delicious cup of coffee here in Russia… I watched 2012 with earnest and had decided early on that if 2012 ends up the way it started, I would do some drastic changes in 2013. Since […]

The Russian Federation and the United States of America cut mutually beginning from January 1, 2013 the rates of consular visa fees. “Beginning from January 1, 2013, Russian consular services abroad reduce from 180 to 160 dollars the consular fee for processing for the US citizens business, private, humanitarian and tourism visas,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry […]