The Joe-Cool Moscow Crew
The Joe-Cool Moscow Crew So far, In Russia, I am on an ‘A’ list for housemates, Andrey, Ann, and Arthur, with the last two my current Partners in Crime. ANDREY Andrey and I lived together, more precisely he lived in the room next to mine in the communal apartment I…
Read MoreTaxes Will Find You
If you don’t pay your Russian taxes, the boogie man will get you! The Moscow Times, January 12, 1999 Tax Police Go Online in Debt War By Yevgenia Borisova The tax police in the Leningrad region have set up a web site on which it has listed the tax debts…
Read MoreI’m Driven Mad
Only the mad and the ignorant drive in this country! Today, as I was being driven to a meeting, I pondered on the odd profession of being a driver in Russia. Unlike the West, where it is an occupation, something that occupies your time, here it is a profession, something…
Read MoreHolidays Last and Last
I love my twenty-five days of paid vaction! Moscow Times January 11, 1999 At Last, Holidays Approach An End By Julia Solovyova Staff Writer Holiday-weary Russians are nearing the finish line of their Christmas-to-New Year’s marathon, with the normal workday rhythms of rush hour and open stores and offices returning…
Read MoreYou Have a Drinking Age?!
What to do in Danmark and Sweden if your lucky enough to be over 21. The Royal Danish Family Susanna trying to dry out How to drink vodka in Sweden I was #490 that day! This past week, with the Russian celebration of Christmas to get me outta work I…
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