The Banking Implosion
It is amazing to watch a banking industry collapse in one Black Monday One man’s way of coping Back to the market I read with great interest, all the wire reports and Western views of this, most recent Russian financial calamity, but I must defer opinion to the very people…
Read MoreSurviving Army Life
The Fun of the Russian Army Experience Moscow Times, August 15, 1998 Army Tells Soldiers to Forage for Food By Simon Saradzhyan The Defense Ministry has suggested that its servicemen fish, hunt, and gather mushrooms to survive until the federal government accumulates enough cash to pay military wage arrears, officials…
Read MoreShashleek is Steak on Steroids
The Russians do a mean meat BBQ! 10 August, 1998 Shashleek By Nick Weekends are a really big deal here in Russia. Most Russians go to their country house and the others go on a pick-nick, called “shash-leek”. Shashleek is a pick-nick centered around pork on a stick and cooked…
Read MoreDacha Thinking
When you go to the dacha, you come back a whole other person Nice Dachas Very worthy Pick of the year Always in control This past weekend, I went to my friend’s dacha. It was nice to get out of Moscow for the weekend. I spent the whole time reading,…
Read MoreBeach Weekend
It is a good day to go to the beach! Love the thong! It gets crowed on good dayz Wonder who paid for that? Yesterday, I went to the beach, Russian style. I took the metro, then a trolleybus to an island in the middle of the Moscow River. The…
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