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Russian VIP lights on cars for oligarchs In Moscow and in Hollywood movies you will see Russian oligarchs and rich Russians driving a black Mercedes Benz and blow by traffic by using blue VIP lights on the top of their cars.  This has cause fatal accidents and is a sign that the class system is [...]

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Putin has no future in Russia. Why? He is an anachronism and  is someone that belongs in the 19th or 20th Centruy but not in modern Russia.   He gives the Russian middle class no free choice economically or politically.  He hurts Russia, not only in terms of their international reputation, but also in the day [...]

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If you want to take a trip to Moscow what can you expect in terms of weather? Not just the temperature but what does it feel like, that is, what is the climate in Moscow? Saying it is cold is not enough. Giving it from the perspective of an American, what the weather in Moscow [...]

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What does Gary Kasparov have to do with Russian politics?  Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров stands in opposition to the Kremlin because he feels, news that is suppressed by the Kremlin in Moscow.  When you do not have a free press then anything can be done by the government and people’s minds and opinions are manipulated. Gary [...]

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Have you ever wondered what it is like in Siberia? I have.  Syberia is from Turkic meaning sleeping land. Siberian nature Siberia is mostly forest and fields with bright blue sky’s. Maybe being so far north makes the colors seem richer and more intense. From the Urals the Eurasian Steppe go to the watershed between [...]

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One of the national past times in Russia and its eating an ice cream.  It is not only eating ice cream that is unusual in Russia, it’s the fact that Russians like they eat ice cream in the middle of winter. It could be twenty below zero, however, Russians will be eating ice cream.  Further, [...]

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1.3 billion dollar payout for Russian Insurance wife Although it is not directly an insurance payout, but rather a potential marriage dissolution settlement, it is insurance related none the less. Anna Khachaturova, the wife of Danil Khachaturov who is the head of the Russian Insurance empire Rosgosstrakh wants 50% of his insurance stock. Gosstrakh and [...]

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Russian economy I live in eastern Europe and I see what has happened. The Russian economy is destroyed by the drop in oil. Moscow city projects are at a halt and it is panic. Russia will not go back to the stone age but close. Russian de-privatization of the economy This was a code word [...]

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I watch the Russian film Rusalka the other night. It was not one of the better films. It was suppose to be like the French film Amelie. Origin of Rusalka The word Rusalka is an interesting word. It comes from an ancient fairy-tale from Russia, Poland and Ukraine. According to Slavic mythology Rusalka, is a [...]

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What are the Russian people like? Russia and its people have many positive and negative stereotypes connected with it.  This was written by a friend of mine, a Polish girl who is also Russian and Ukrainian. Russian people in conversation When a Russian person speaks with somebody or sits down near them, the distance between [...]

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