Yest 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…
Read MoreOrphans Are Lonely
The real loosers in the ‘new russia’ December 16 (AFP) via Johnson’s Russia List Street kid numbers soaring in Russia MOSCOW – Homeless and hungry, life for 14-year-old Yury Krekovetsky in Moscow is no easy street. But the adolescent would still rather take his chances in the Russian capital than…
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