Better than Fireworks
Never refuse a trip to the dacha, even on the 4th of July The Good Life What a weekend! Not only was it the 222nd birthday for America, it was also my landlord’s (Vladimir) birthday too. Usually I would join with all the other Americans here at the Annual 4th…
Read MoreMiners Are Real Men
The power of the common man is still alive! The eXile, 5 Jul 1998 LET THEM EAT COAL Vorkuta’s Miners Enjoy the Fruits of Reform By Matt Taibbi After 33 long years working in the Severny coal mine in his native Vorkuta, Grigory Mikhailovsky decided one day in 1996 he’d…
Read MoreThe Russian Mafia is the Roof
The only men who know how to do business in the CIS The Moscow Times, July 5, I998 INSIDE RUSSIA AvtoVAZ Loses Its Only Real Organization By Yulia Latynina It has been two months since AvtoVAZ began holding up payments to the federal budget. Nearly 100,000 automobiles are sit ling…
Read MoreNo One Smiles in the CIS
Rob and Gailyn, your average Midwesterners, sure got a shock when they landing in Moscow! No Smiling! Metro Signs 101: WALK DON’T WALK So nice, I could stay lost! Clean those streets! This week, I met an adventurous American couple for dinner, who where in Moscow on a look-see visit….
Read MoreOne Year Anniversary
Looking back after a year makes me glad I’m here Welcome to Moscow! Me and my crew The non-work crew Wow, time flies when you’re having fun! Last June, as I can remember with clarity like it was yesterday, I stepped off the plane and into the chaos that is…
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