Offshore Your Rubles in Swiss Accounts

Why not put your IMF loot in the safest banks in the world? Every wealthy Russian has at least one, if not a few, a Swiss bank account to hide all the cash they ship out of Russia on a daily basis. I didn’t know how widespread this was until…

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An Army of Capitalists

Shuttle traders would buy out Manhattan if the Trans-Siberian stopped there! Women be working here! Capitalism, Russian Style Selling those ‘Niike’ fast! I’m back in Novosibirsk (I told you I liked the city!) after a turn around central Siberia. Next week, I’ll be back on the train heading for Irkutsk,…

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Russian Women

You gotta love those Russian women! Oh, please look at me! Show me that belly button! Lidya stole my heart! Cleaning the streets with twigs Your grandma look like this? I hate to choose! She’ll love you for your mind Straight from a porn video Ice, Ice, baby! Not Russia,…

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Saving Souls in Siberia

You wanna get busy saving souls? Then head East young man, head for Siberia! Aww, ain’t they cute! New York Pizza! I remember the first time I saw a missionary. I was living in the Mt Pleasant section of DC with several housemates, and one day two young, clean-cut kids…

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Will the Scene Ever Change?

The map says I’m in Siberia and the forest looks different, then why do all the people look the same? It could be Anytown, Russia Easy as a walk in the park! Same people, same produce This week I am in Krasnayarsk, Siberia and I’ve noticed something so familiar that…

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