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I just got back from a weekend trip to a city a little over 230 kilometers away from Moscow on the Volga River to remember the Russian soul that is usually forgotten in the capital. Once you’re out of Moscow, you can find the “real Russia” full of “real Russians.” And sometimes you just got to get out of the noisy polluted capital…
The word is around Moscow that when ex-mayor Yury Luzhkov was sacked by President Dmitry Medvedev last year over mistrust, that Luzhkov told the incoming mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, that he had stashed a large treasure under one of the sidewalks in the capital.
Amy Winehouse's death on Saturday came as no surprise to me. I personally saw her as a walking time bomb that was sure to go off at any time. I'm just glad I wasn't there to see it happen...
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Russians have at least two favorite “summer drinks” that most foreigners just can’t swallow. The mystical kefir and the even more mystical kvas…
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I just woke up and found that I had moved to the center of Moscow, when where I actually lived was right on the edge of Moscow full of green trees and fresh air. I didn’t even get a chance to pack…
The latest meeting of the top Council of the Moscow-aligned Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) produced little tangible result, but nonetheless stirred deep passions among believers and underscored rising tensions along the spiritual frontier between Orthodox and Western Christianity.
By now most people are aware of the river cruise boat with more than 200 passengers on board that capsized on the Volga River on Sunday. I’ve been on these types of boats several times and I’d like to take you on board and share what the people most likely encountered when the ship went down…
That’s right, July 9 is National No Bra Day and I’m going to live it up to the hilt! Not only am I not going to wear a bra, I’m not going to wear a shirt either, or socks for that matter.
Belarus is under serious threat from “the clap.” Its largest outbreak is in the capital of Minsk, but it’s spreading ever further into other cities throughout the country.
I’m not one to hang out the dirty laundry; however, when it comes down to downright hideous (and even really stupid) things, I just can’t help myself. One of my coworkers in my “House of RIA” was terminated for abusive or even extremist comments on his personal blog…
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