An American tourist in Russia
Maria Kondorskaya 
As you know, we have recently visited Armenia, in particular, Yervan (the capital) and Vagarshapat. Below are several pictures I took there. To me, Armenia appeared mixed, relaxed, on the slow side, unconcerned, dreamy, clad in its rich history. Food is their forte, being punctual is not). I loved local sweet and semi-sweet wines. Paying … Read more
Probably it is time I write something about the USSR. I am 40 (born in April, 1982) and I am a survivor of…not communism, but of the collapse of the USSR. I also consider myself a Soviet person, because the first ten years are crucial to forming a personality and because I was a Young … Read more
The other day Mr. Lavrov, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, compared the ongoing Western campaign against Russia to Hitler’s idea of the final solution of the Jewish question: “Like Napoleon mobilized Europe against Russia, like Hitler, the United States too has formed a coalition of EU and NATO members and with the help of … Read more
In a way, the West denied people in the Global South and in the former USSR the right to protest. I mean, whenever people in those countries are unhappy about a specific(!) problem and start protesting against this specific thing, there are western NGOs ready to help them balkanize and fail the motherland. See also … Read more
Something to have in mind when you emigrate. Sometimes people are forced to emigrate for economic or political reasons, sometimes they just feel their homeland is not the best place for them. So they pick a place on the globe and go there hoping to build a better life without all the problems that bothered … Read more