September 27, 2007 – Natalia A.

Fck Sit Damn

The road to Borispyl is being blocked off due to a protest related to land stolen from the residents of a nearby village. One lane is open, but they’re threatening to close it too (I actually can’t imagine the police letting them, but you never know). I can understand why this is happening – noContinue reading “F*ck S*it Damn”

Kiev and Kyiv

The former is the Russian pronounciation, the latter is the Ukrainian. I use these two interchangeably. My first language is Russian, but I love Russian and Ukrainian the same. And I hate all the politics that get in the way of beautiful things, such as the sharpness, the clarity of Kiiii-ev, the rounded, breathy softnessContinue reading “Kiev and Kyiv”