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Just as an aside, I never had a test before my visa was issued, and I was never asked to get a test by any faculty members or officials the entire time I was in Moscow (10 months). I had a student vis ...

Forgive me if this has been said already, I didn't start on Page 1.

The LA Times has a reputation, and this is going on 15 years now, of writing the most misinformed, ignorant garbage about Russia ...

msaucy, I can pretty much guarantee there is a Russian community in Melbourne, Oz that you can interface with.

I live in Melbourne, Florida and we have one Russian magazin and I took Russian lesson ...

Wasn't sure exactly where to post this, so here it is.

I've received three packages from home, all sent regular post. No problems, unopened, nothing stolen or lost. I think the fears of the 1990s R ...

I watched this game at Kruzhka at Chistye Prudy. What an experience watching that game with a few hundred buzzed Russians! Channel 1 was there filming us although yesterday's news showed only a quick ...

Bing! Paul wins the prize again!

This stuff of my "my country is better than homo sapiens interacting with each other on a personal basis - we have our differences and we usually manage to overcome ...

Well, GTS, I haven't really made any "points," per se, only responded to others'. And "please to point out" the "myths" I'm spinning...it's a myth that over 40 million Americans have no health care co ...

I'm an American that's lived in Moscow for almost six months now (I take Russian language courses at a faculty of MGU) and I've had minimal problems. Granted I'm not Asian, so I fit in, physically, a ...

Thanks, Spice! Very Happy

Yeah, it's still bleeding COLD here. It's -17 today, but it's only supposed to be in the high -20s this week. Break out the short pants! I'll try to post more, but probably won't ...

I can vouch that teaching English is not a scam (not that there aren't scammers out there - I'd bet cash that there are). I don't do it personally (not really the teaching type) but I have several fri ...

Much obliged...I've been to the Belarussian embassy here in Moscow (with the above-mentioned friend), but she was getting an official visa, hence it was same-day and $0. US$20 isn't bad, but I think t ...

OSE, why do you always have to shit on everyone's parade? Laughing

A backpack of dirty underwear...comedy gold!

BUT, as one of my best friends here just moved to Minsk to work in the US embassy ther ...

Hope everyone enjoyed their celebrations last night. I had a pretty good time even though I ended up getting separated from some friends, but I met some new people and partied with them. I regret not ...

С новым годом, ребята!

And New Year's in Russia is on the lunar calendar. It's celebrated on December 31, like in the rest of the world. Christmas and Easter are still on the Orthodox calendar, i.e ...

What good do you personally do for this great country to benifit it, El Casey, to say all the unfounded criticism you also like to pour out on it so much? If it was up to some of you, you would have s ...