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Kasha refers to whole family of porridge’s and is considered a native Russian dish. Kasha is made from all the possible types of grains mixed with beef, pork, chicken, fish, mushrooms and onions for just some of the combination’s. Kasha is also a cereal commonly eaten in Eastern Europe. In English, Kasha generally refers toContinue reading You can’t feed a Russian without a Kasha…

Everything is blame Russia, even down to the veiled threat that Europe has just hit America / NATO with. A threat in a package wrapped around, “Hate Russia!” Reuters: “The European Union needs its own army to face up to Russia and other threats as well as restore the bloc’s foreign policy standing around theContinue reading Disguised Threat…

How you doing today? I am fine & dandy myself and that coffee is exceptional this morning. I found that milk has dropped over 20 rubles a carton, eggs actually went down 10 rubles per 10 each, bread was 12 rubles a kilo loaf and I have a years supply of coffee waiting for meContinue reading Transformation that is Russia…

Once upon a time: I remember my first true experience with how Russians hide their businesses. We were on a trip that Sveta and I took to our village home. We had to find an auto parts. We finally asked if the town had an auto parts store? “Sure they did,” said everyone you asked.Continue reading In Russia they Hide the Business and Forget to Make a Sign…

Hello everyone, hope all is good today? It is hard to image how you can find a calm sort of peace within a city as huge as Moscow and her surroundings are. Huge in size and population. That is the thinking this morning as I sip on a wonderful cup of coffee. In fact IContinue reading Coffee and Peace; Do go together…

Happy March 8th to everyone… From Sveta, Kyle and Boza at Windows to Russia…

BEIJING, Russia and China will jointly support the international peace an security, they will also defend results of World War II, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a news conference on Sunday. “Russia and China are permanent members of the UN Security Council. We shall continue strategic coordination and cooperation for support of the internationalContinue reading We shall be supporting each other; China and Russia

I was drinking my cup of wonderful Russian coffee here in Moscow, Russia! The coffee is actually packaged in Germany and I was thinking about do they really make coffee in Germany? Germany leads EU in soluble coffee production: there’s an awful lot of soluble coffee produced in Germany but it is mostly intended forContinue reading Best Coffee in Russia: Made in Germany?

President Putin also reduced the wages of Kremlin administration, government staff and the Chamber of Accounts by 10% as well. In a move that will shock the western governments. Russia has cut not just governmental employees salaries 10% (I hear that some salaries are mandated and some will not be cut in the lower levelsContinue reading What Would Your Government Do?