Windows to Russia

The big magazine (name for a store) called Magnet in the big village, is labeling everything imported or local/Russian produced. This has come about over the sanctions and people are being educated as to what is local produced Russian items and what is being produced out of the country. It is really neat to see […]

When you play games with the truth, you have a lot to lose and when truth comes home to roost, it is too late, you have lost already… “People say, ‘Well, just wait till the sanctions bite and the economy slips.’ I don’t think so. The Russians are very brave and very long-suffering, and they […]

Carp is everywhere in Russia and all major stores have live carp in tanks to buy. Farm raised carp is a leftover from the Soviet era and after eating carp many times in Russia, I see why Russians love carp. It is just plain good… Like almost all fish, carp spoil easily and may seem […]

I love it and anytime I can get such clear reflective images of the village, I get all happy and smiles pop out…

Tidbit: Ruthenian, also called Ruthene, any of those Ukrainians who were formerly Polish or Austrian and Austro-Hungarian subjects… MOSCOW, August 29. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has called on the Donbass militias to open a humanitarian corridor for Ukrainian servicemen, who found themselves encircled. The call is contained in the Head of State’s address circulated by […]

Vova The Hero of the Russian village was given a special tour of the new floors in the bell tower. He was so happy to have seen what is going on in the tower and gave us this information…

Yesterday, it became known that editor-in-chief of the Luhansk Pravda, Oksana Lashchenova, who was a freelance correspondent of Pravda.Ru for ten years, was detained at a checkpoint in the village of Schastye in Ukraine. There is no law in Ukraine at all. There is a man with a gun. This is the law /opinion/columnists/26-08-2014/128376-pravda_ru_freelance_correspondent_detained_ukraine-0/

Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman : ITAR-TASS… Berlin is set to approve the sale of one of Germany’s largest oil producers to a Russian consortium, in a move that may undercut U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing Russia for its role in stoking the conflict in Ukraine. Reuters cited people familiar with the situation Friday […]

Why do you not question; Why they (west) seemed to be able to instantly post about the indecent and the bodies had not stopped falling out of the sky? Then; Why did they accuse (Putin) with no evidence and now they are silent with evidence available to what happened? Then; Why do we lie and […]

Russia explained to Ukraine that it will send an additional humanitarian convoy, along the same route just used a few days ago. More food, water and supplies of the same that had been sent previously is in dire need. This was announced on the news, Monday (08-25-2014)…