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Viewing a Russian website in English I surf the Russian Interent a lot. I even have a Russian e-mail and a few accounts.  I need to learn Russian better as I often get lost.  But if you as an English speaker want to learn how to view a Russian website in English it is easy. [...]

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Origins of Kvass Kvass is a medieval drink which means ‘leaven’.  It is basically non-alcoholic drink fermented from rye and mixed with herbs or fruits like mint and strawberry.  If you have never tasted it your missing something.  It is popular in Ukraine and Russia and goes back 5000 years plus. It is also known [...]

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Google help fund Firefox and in return the defualt search box was always Google in Firefox.  However, Russian Firefox dumped Google in place of its rival the Russian search engine Yandex. Russian language search With Russian language users Yandex is the most popular search engine with 44%  using this and Google being number 2 at [...]

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Ukrainian Russian gas dispute Wake up! Russia is a Empire. It always has been and they are not going to change soon.  I am an American in Poland and see that Russia has been an Empire for at least 500 years and why would they change. Putin is a Czar. Does anyone really think Russia [...]

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Russian, Ukrainian and Polish recipes I am an American who has live in Krakow for five years.  I grew up in America as did my parents. But my grandparents were from Lublin, Poland and Ternopil, Ukraine.  I love Polish cooking. I love Ukrainian cooking. Living in America I often had Polish and Ukrainian cooking but [...]

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Language of Russian Politics The Russian government always uses very strong words when it comes to international politics. Strong, than perhaps any other country.  It always talks tough. But in reality they are more rational and do not follow through with the full sound of their threats. It is just the way they talk.  If [...]

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A new Russian trans-siberian rail will take 2 days from China to Europe. This could change the way things are moved around the world.

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Transsiberian the movie I watched the film Transsiberian last night with my wife Kasia. I would give it a two thumbs up. One of my off the beaten path dreams has been to cross Siberian with via the transsiberian railroad across Russia. The trip is about a week and you can buy tickets in any [...]

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The real economy in Russia The economic situation in Russia is this. Russia and the Russians are getting rich, but the quality of life is not near that of Europe. My hope for Russia is they get a more open liberal economy that is pro business and pro trade with Europe. This will bring greater [...]

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Russia wants to takeover part of Ukraine Russia wants Crimea to be part of Russia not Ukraine. Why? Oil. Read my comment at the bottom, its really about oil. What does Russian say is the reason? There are many Russians that live in Ukrainian Crimea.   Why is this crazy that Russia wants Crimea? Because [...]

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