What is happening in Russia? Good question and I am glad you asked… China and Russia signed a deal to build the longest continuous railroad in the world. It travels from Moscow to Beijing and will cost 240 + billion dollars. This deal signed at the same time that China and Russia signed the oil […]
Dollar Converter This is a simple post; simply what I am paying for things everyday in Russia and I will add to this post as well as stick it to the top of the page. I am doing this because I see a western world that says the world I live in, is in collapse. […]
Now this is something close to my heart and has saved my life several times in the past. The AK-47 is the best small arms weapon bar none. They literally do not fail and they can be stripped and reassembled fast… AK-47; Meanwhile in Russia This Thursday, the Kalashnikov Group (AK-47) gave the green light […]
Many years ago, Sveta made her first video almost all by herself and I think it is good. She says the song is about a Blue Trolley! So she took a video of her trolley ride home, put her favorite song with it and here is what she got in return. This was many years […]
Svet (PS: The Russian original version below) Булат Окуджава Цирк Юрию Никулину Цирк –не парк, куда вы ходите грустить и отдыхать. В цирке надо не высиживать, а падать и взлетать и под куполом, под куполом, под куполом скользя, ни о чем таком сомнительном раздумывать нельзя. Все костюмы наши праздничные – смех и суета. Все улыбки […]
Time for Planting; putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow… Time does fly and this past weekend, Sveta went to the village again to finish the paper work on the village home. The laws changed several years ago and she had to get all the paper work up to date, to keep […]
Cyber Secured Security; an oxymoron; 50 terabytes! Snowden leak reveals massive size of F-35 blueprints hack by China – 🙂 One does have to laugh though when you think the America National Security(?) Agency doesn’t understand that if you have secret information that you wish to keep secure, you don’t keep it on a computer […]
For the first time since I have been in Russia, the snow, ice, and temperatures are decent for a winter. A wonderful, blessed winter with fantastic weather and the snow and ice are melting away. This is fantastic, for normally we are walking on a meter of solid ice, that puts your heads into the […]
All I can do is fix the broken in my life. I have to analyze and correct what is, out-of-place… This seems easy, but it really is not so simple. Simple is swatting a fly that irritates you, but when your roots and past connections, drag you to the gates of torment. Then you realize […]
American Data and Russian Rosstat data on birth rates… Ever since I have lived in Russia, the western media and pundits have attack Russia consistently over one item, birth rate. Even while this same, is a fact in their own countries also. They attack Russia with closed eyes to the truth and once again never […]