Svet and I got "Places to go, People to See, Things to Do" in Israel. So from the 2nd of November 2009 to 18th of November 2009. Svet and I will be gone. We will still try to post a little bit and try to check on comments...Boza has been left with a good friend who he really likes and will most likely not want to come home when we get back. :) We also are going to leave frozen, snowy and very icy Moscow, Russia! You take off in subzero freezer and land in a smelt furnace. (That is how it feel... Read Full Story
Svet and I got "Places to go, People to See, Things to Do" in Israel. So from the 2nd of November 2009 to 18th of November 2009. Svet and I will be gone. We will still try to post a little bit and try to check on comments...Boza has been left with a good friend who he really likes and will most likely not want to come home when we get back. :) We also are going to leave frozen, snowy and very icy Moscow, Russia! You take off in subzero freezer and land in a smelt furnace. (That is how it feel... Read Full Story
This weekend we will watch a really ancient Russian silent movie. It was made in 1926, by LeningradKino (now Lenfilm) studio.They consider this movie as an adventure comedy. Since this is a silent movie without English subtitles it's a good idea to read a plot:Spirka Shpandyr, a petty crook and a swindler after serving a prison term escapes from the Soviet country. Abroad the swindler immediately finds common language with the police and becomes a paid police agent. He provokes all kinds of... Read Full Story
This weekend we will watch a really ancient Russian silent movie. It was made in 1926, by LeningradKino (now Lenfilm) studio.They consider this movie as an adventure comedy. Since this is a silent movie without English subtitles it's a good idea to read a plot:Spirka Shpandyr, a petty crook and a swindler after serving a prison term escapes from the Soviet country. Abroad the swindler immediately finds common language with the police and becomes a paid police agent. He provokes all kinds of... Read Full Story
Ukraine Shuts Schools, Bans Public Events Over Flu:KYIV (Reuters) -- Ukraine has closed schools, banned all public events, and imposed restrictions on people's movements around the country for a three-week period after confirming its first death from H1N1 swine flu."All educational institutions without exception...will be switched on to a three-week holiday period," Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced. She indicated this period could be extended if it was deemed necessary."Apart from th... Read Full Story
Ukraine Shuts Schools, Bans Public Events Over Flu:KYIV (Reuters) -- Ukraine has closed schools, banned all public events, and imposed restrictions on people's movements around the country for a three-week period after confirming its first death from H1N1 swine flu."All educational institutions without exception...will be switched on to a three-week holiday period," Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced. She indicated this period could be extended if it was deemed necessary."Apart from th... Read Full Story
I have ignored this long enough. I have waited to see if for some reason it gets called off like so many Heavyweight fights seem to have happen. As of right now it looks like this fight will happen.Going to be held in Bern, Switzerland on November 7th, 2009 Russia's Nikolay Valuev vs. Britain’s David Haye in a sanctioned Heavyweight match.David Haye (22-1, 22 KOs) vs Valuev (50-1, 34 KOs)My money is going to the Russian Giant - He has trained very hard and I really think he is ready for this ... Read Full Story
I have ignored this long enough. I have waited to see if for some reason it gets called off like so many Heavyweight fights seem to have happen. As of right now it looks like this fight will happen.Going to be held in Bern, Switzerland on November 7th, 2009 Russia's Nikolay Valuev vs. Britain’s David Haye in a sanctioned Heavyweight match.David Haye (22-1, 22 KOs) vs Valuev (50-1, 34 KOs)My money is going to the Russian Giant - He has trained very hard and I really think he is ready for this ... Read Full Story
Remembering Stalin’s Great Purge victims:On Friday Oct. 30th, 2009 - Russia marks the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions. Millions suffered from Stalin’s repressions from the 1920s through to the 1950s.President Medvedev said attempts to justify the Stalinist repressions under the pretext of state interest are unacceptable:“I am convinced that no development of a country, no success or ambitions of the state, should be achieved through human grief and loss. Nothing can... Read Full Story
Remembering Stalin’s Great Purge victims:On Friday Oct. 30th, 2009 - Russia marks the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions. Millions suffered from Stalin’s repressions from the 1920s through to the 1950s.President Medvedev said attempts to justify the Stalinist repressions under the pretext of state interest are unacceptable:“I am convinced that no development of a country, no success or ambitions of the state, should be achieved through human grief and loss. Nothing can... Read Full Story
