Sixtieth Anniversary of Operation Barbarossa; June 22, 2001.

Russia's stance on the issue of the ABM Treaty vs. the U.S. NMD program has well understood and consistant for some time.  On December 13, 2001, President Bush officially announced his nation's withdrawal from the treaty.  The short and long term consequences are heavily debated and yet to be seen.

The statistics regarding Russia's orphaned and/or abandoned children are quite disturbing with Americans making up the majority of foreign adoptive parents. Reforms have been implemented but do little to improve living conditions in Russia's orphanages. What does the future hold for these children?

Russia and Japan have yet to sign a WWII peace treaty. At the center of the dispute are four ancient volcanic islands, part of the Kuril Islands help by Russia and known to Japan as the Northern Territory.

One million Russia lives were lost, but, Hitler was turned back and Russia can be credited with changing the tide of WWII in Europe.

This week, depressing news about divisions and birth rates can only really be counteracted with a smile over the Orthodox church’s new take on sex.