Now Sveta and Boza will disagree with what I say, but I just love the Winter and one of the greatest things was the fact that Moscow has a lot of cold cold Winter… They are calling for -20 Centigrade. tonight and tomorrow night. Then a possible -30 Centigrade. in a couple of days… That [...]
Archives: 29 November 2010
November 29, 2010
November 29, 2010
News From Russia: 11/29/2010…
“Party of Cold War” resist Russia-NATO rapprochement – envoy:Russia’s permanent envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin has been “astonished” by reports in the US media that the alliance has allegedly rejected Moscow’s proposals for a joint missile defense project. Rebuilding Russia: The collapse of Soviet-era housing:The onset of the bitter chill of winter has focused attention [...]
November 29, 2010
Cablegate: The Leaked Diplomatic Cables…
I have downloaded the diplomatic cables that Wikileaks has posted and have spent hours reading them. The word appalling is not strong enough… http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/ As long as the Wikileaks site survives the attacks it is getting, you can receive the data here at the link above. I understand that news agencies all over the East [...]
November 29, 2010
Pochep, Russia and Her Claim to Fame…
Pochep (Russian: Почеп) is a town in Bryansk Oblast of Russia, 84 km south-west of Bryansk. Population: 17,064. According to information Pochep is not a very exciting spot on the earth. The previous claim to fame is the Church of the Resurrection, built to a confident Baroque design by Antonio Rinaldi in the 1750′s… Well [...]
November 29, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving…
As you enjoy the food, drink and football games on this day of remembrance in America… This will tell you what Wikipedia has to say about the holiday for America… (Link) So to the whole world, whether you celebrate the holiday or not. Windows to Russia wants you to stop and think about what we [...]
November 29, 2010
Coffee and That Cold War Past…
Talk about a video that drudges up very old memories. I enjoyed this video and then took a walk with the dog. As I walked I was thinking about what the reason would be that Russia Today would bring up the subject of America and bomb shelters? So I walked and did some thinking’s… When [...]
November 29, 2010
Medvedev on Democracy…
President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev: Dear friends, Over the past two years we have been gradually implementing our program to transform the Russian political system. The goals of this transformation are clear; I have talked about them repeatedly. What do we want to achieve? We simply want to make our political system more fair, more [...]
November 29, 2010
Iran dismisses Wikileaks release
Iran’s President Ahmadinejad dismisses as propaganda leaked US cables of Arab nations urging Washington to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities.
November 29, 2010
UK ‘will lose fewer public jobs’
The independent Office for Budget Responsibility says public sector job losses will not be as high as previously thought.
November 29, 2010
Snow closes hundreds of schools
Hundreds of schools have been shut in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the north-east of England and Cornwall, as ice and snow disrupts travel.
November 29, 2010
‘Policeman’ kills six Nato troops
A gunman in an Afghan police uniform kills six service members during a training mission in eastern Afghanistan.
November 29, 2010
BA cabin crew face fresh ballot
British Airways cabin crew are to be balloted again over possible new strike action in their long-running dispute with the airline.
November 29, 2010
G20 officer on misconduct charge
A police officer filmed pushing a man to the ground during the G20 protests is to face a police misconduct hearing.
November 29, 2010
Fourth Tube strike hits services
Tube passengers endure further disruption as thousands of workers stage a fourth 24-hour strike in a dispute over job cuts.