Some Russians, of course, don’t ever bother to learn any foreign languages, even if they decide to permanently distance themselves physically from the Slavic-speaking world. This can work as there…
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The mistake foreigners make about HR managers when they come to Russia, is that they think these kinds people will perform the same functions and services as they did in…
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When a Russian is trying to get something out of you, they automatically make whatever they are asking for a diminutive and insert the adjective “nimnogo” or “not much” so…
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A feminine take on the masculine art of shashlik. (more…)
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In addition to keeping their eyes on Sarah Palin, the Pacific Fleet keeps Russia safe from Japan and their insane cars with the steering wheel on what my British friends…
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Casually ask your tour guide what one says to a prisoner of war, and he or she will automatically rattle off: “What is your name, rank and serial number?”
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Clearly, the burden was on me to go metric, and quite right too: only the USA, Burma and Liberia aren’t members of the global metric club, and that’s not what…
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Russia's oldest fleet sails through the turbulent waters of a changing map of Europe, and an American learns a new way to pronounce NATO.
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Herding 78 people through the Hermitage is a very different kettle of fish than spending a leisurely morning on one’s own at the Wallace Collection
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I don’t want to reveal any secrets of the guild, but the fact of the matter is that Russia is a freelancer's Klondike.
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