When Traveling Russia or in the Russian Village: This is Why Volga ? Gaz?
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… When in the village or traveling Russia this is what you will find for a auto parts store many times. It is for Gaz. Gaz makes cars or trucks… I have had many e-mails and comments that wonder why I would ever drive a Volga? Why would an American drive that kind of car? [...]
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We will see the long term repercussions to that slip of a Kudrin tongue?
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UPDATE: Alexei Kudrin resigned on Monday as Russia’s finance minister and deputy prime minister after a dispute with President Dmitry Medvedev. The president has already signed Kudrin’s resignation request, the presidential spokeswoman said. In an article earlier today I said: “We will see the long term repercussions to that slip of a Kudrin tongue.” Okay [...]
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Mediterranean Sea is Exquisite?
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As I said we are staying at the Happy Dreams Hotel in Turkey. It is only a three star hotel but is very adequate. The pictures above is our room, the beach and some fishermen trying to catch the big one… We thought that the picture of the two men fishing was perfect with the [...]
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????-???? : Libyan scenario should not be taken as model ? Lavrov
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MOSCOW, October 10 (Itar-Tass) ? Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed confidence that the Libyan scenario applied by the West should not be taken as a model for solving similar internal political conflicts. ?We have been concerned about the statements of the NATO leaders saying that the Libyan model should be taken as an example [...]
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Taxi Taxi Taxi Whispers the Gypsy?
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It is always good to get home and it was no exception this time for us. Boza was so excited to see us that he couldn’t stop wiggling his tail for an hour. It wagged so much that I thought it was going to fall off. Everything was good at home and we still had [...]
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Do You See What I See / Do You Hear What I Hear? Boom Boom?
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Those War Drums are beating so loud that they keep people up at night even all the way over here in Russia… “Now that military operations in Libya are ending, there will be renewed focus on what practical military operations might be considered to protect civilian lives in Syria,” McCain told a World Economic Forum [...]
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The Russian Tall Ship Kruzenshtern at the Spanish Port ? Vigo?
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The Russian tall-ship Kruzenshtern is in the Spanish port of Vigo at the end of a two-week voyage from the Canaries"¦ The call will last 4 days and include on-board visits and a packed bilateral cultural program"¦ The Kruzenshtern or Krusenstern (Russian name) is a four masted barque and tall ship that was built [...]
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Russia Now Has Baby Boxes?
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The so-called baby boxes installed throughout Russia, like in Europe and Japan, are for mothers to anonymously leave the unwanted newborns, health officials said Monday… The action is intended to provide sanitary conditions of unwanted children, instead of having “babies left in trash dumpsters,” officials said… Five baby boxes have been placed in the territories [...]
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