Blanket of White
Some wild days are spent in a white daze A slow way to go There goes the sun Pre-Injury Knee Tricks The whiteness is amazing. All I can see out of the train window is snow. I’m on my way to Helsinki (again), and I’m using the electrical outlets in…
Read MoreYest Klooch?
The key to the universe was lost! Monday is the perfect day to discuss the Russian klooch problem. Klooch is “key” in Russian, and they are valued even more than money here. Last Friday, my housemate Ann, had to sleep at a friends and I had to kick in our…
Read MoreAddicts Are Addictive
Shooting up in the CIS Boston Globe, 27 February 1999 Russia faces a new cold war – soaring drug use 3 million addicts, many of them youths, caught in a$2b industry By David Filipov ST. PETERSBURG – From her seat in the corner of the bar, Kseniya scans the clients,…
Read MoreRacism in Russia Too
Racism in Russia Russia has to be the most racist country I have lived in. In winter, when I have a beard, I am routinely stopped for document checks to see if I am a Chechen or not. Boris Nemsov, a leading Russian politician, and once governor of Nizhy Novogord,…
Read MoreAn Education in Russian Politics
You think you know a bit about Russian Politics? ha! As I read this on Johnson’s Russia List (JRL), I couldn’t help but be amazed at how accurate these guys were, way before we all knew the truth. I know the article is long, but its worth reading every word…
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