Windows to Russia

“My point is, if another country does to us what we do to others, we’re not going to like it very much. So I would say that maybe we ought to consider a golden rule – in foreign policy. Don’t do to other nations what we don’t want to have them do to us” ~ Ron Paul […]

In a newspaper article Vladimir Putin describes on the evolution and the future of democratic institutions in Russia. Read the full Kommersant Daily article by Vladimir Putin below. Society cannot have sustainable development without a viable state, and, conversely, genuine democracy is an indispensable condition for building a state that serves the interests of society. […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday explained why Russia had vetoed a resolution on Syria in the UN Security Council, saying that without Russia’s latest amendments, the draft would be unilateral and would harm Syria if adopted. Veto-wielding UN Security Council members Russia and China on Saturday blocked the Morocco-proposed draft resolution on Syria […]

The Western media is in overdrive and the pedal to the metal! They are slamming Russia like no tomorrow and they have been lying triple time all day long, getting ready for this onslaught of media bull crap… Anyone that believes the media war going on by the West is certified out in left field. […]

Violation of international law by NATO threatens the world order, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The Minister also proposed to conclude a “peace pact for Europe”, suggesting that this may serve as a starting basis, as he pointed out that the issue of European missile defense threatens to divide the branches of European civilization… […]

Russia had rallies and they went off very peaceful today. Here is the live posting by RT as things happened. Sorry everyone it was kinda boring and very very cold… (-21 C) 15:45 MSK: RT ends its live feedback on Saturday’s protests in Russia. Have a nice day! 15:37 MSK: Around 20 people who attended […]

In all the asthmatic Western media exclamations being directed at Russia at this moment in history over Putin and the Russian presidency coming up in March. The one affair, a lot of Western journalists have excused from their articles and fail to acknowledge 99% of the time, is that the strongest and best-organized political action […]

Sveta and I are getting ready as soon as the weather breaks to take a trip to the village. I am going to live in the village this year for about two to three months. Boza will be with me and Sveta will be able to spend about a month there… It is time to […]

On one of our trips, (the one that I lost all the pictures) we had the opportunity to go to Russia’s republic of Kalmykia which is the only region in Europe where Buddhism is the dominant religion. Temples were destroyed there during the Soviet era and Buddhism went into decline. But in a new age […]

This story by Leonid Savin, political scientist, Strategic Culture Foundation expert, was published in International Affairs magazine. The EU oil embargo recently slapped on Iran and the threats voiced by the US and other Western countries to come up with further sanctions against the country led watchers to conclude that an armed conflict between Iran […]