Weddings in Winter
Russian weddings are quick! Don’t be late. 7 December, 1998 NBC NEWS Moscow: love among the ruble By Carlota Zimmerman MOSCOW – As Moscow leaders ponder the socio-economic virtual reality of the country’s burning ruble, Russians continue doing what comes naturally – falling in love and planning one of the…
Read MoreThe Jews Are Here!
They still eat sala when they move to Israel! Moscow Times December 1, 1998 Toothless Old Hatreds By Nina L. Khrushcheva First it was the Jews. Then the Romanovs, the nobility and the kulaks. After 1991, it was Lenin and the communists. Now, it seems, it’s the Jews again. Like…
Read MoreGailyn Goes to Town
What happens when you let Americans with cash wander around a Russian mall Shop till you drop! Check out the glass ceiling! Fountains for sale too! And don’t forget the flowers Gailyn’s Personal Adventures in the Frozen Tundra Wayan, as you requested I am giving my second installment of my…
Read MoreIs There a Central Bank?
If the Russian Central Bank doesn’t play fair, who will?? From The Moscow Tribune, November 27, 1998 CENTRAL BANK EXPOSED IN PROFITEERING FROM PRECIOUS METAL SALES By John Helmer A report just completed by Russia’s independent state auditor, the Accounting Chamber, accuses the Central Bank of Russia, under its previous…
Read MoreSanta Barbara is Real
You think people watch the Brady Bunch over here? Thursday, November 26, 1998 The Moscow Times Santa Barbara “Matter of National Security” By Andrei Zolotov Jr. Times are hard in Russia. People go unpaid for months at a time, pensions are late, and contract killings rock the nation with alarming…
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