Sex Ed Soviet Style
No nasty pictures, but a surpising revelation about Russian intamacy Moscow Times, September 30, 1998 AIDS Epidemic Was Russia’s Sexual Revolution By Irina Glushchenko The early years of perestroika were set against the backdrop of the West’s spiralling AIDS epidemic. This was also when the first telemost, or live U.S.-Soviet…
Read MoreParty over, oops outta time!
Would the last expat in moscow please turn out the lights when he leaves. Thanks. Mother Russia on a good day One more for the road Party time in the good life A sad goodbye Her beauty is crisis-proof No, not back to the West! The party is still on!…
Read MoreRussian Healthcare in Moscow
When I’m sick, I go to Finland! As I am currently on injured reserve, with a bum knee, I am getting an interesting tour of the healthcare system of Moscow. There are two quasi-independent healthcare systems here, the collection of Western clinics, and the underlying Russian healthcare system. My employer’s…
Read MoreWhat Russian Financial Crisis?
Some people think the ‘crisis’ will pass and the rainbow will shine again The hard way The harder way The hardest way A smart shopper Here is the Russian parliamentarians’ comments on the current economic and political crisis in Russia. This article is taken from 9th issue of the unofficial…
Read MoreYE Prices in Russia
And you though the ruble devaluation would make everything cheap! Johnson’s Russia List, 21 Sep 1998 The Chocolate Standard By Joseph McCormick Every week or so for the past year I’ve been buying groceries at Sedmoi Kontinent, a chain of “gastronomy” that have reworked themselves into something resembling bona fide…
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