Playwright Anna Yablonskaya is among the dead at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport today. We heard it from her family. This photo of Anna was taken by my husband a few years ago – back when he wasn’t my husband. As you can see, Anna was very beautiful. She left behind her husband – and a littleContinue reading “Rest in peace, Anna”
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Expats! In Moscow! Drinking! Banyas! Girls! And wishing daddy could see how naughty you’re being!
Disclaimer: Deirdre Clark, who uses the pen name Deirdre Dare, used to write a column for The Moscow News. MN is also the place where I work. Just putting that out there. The best part to this piece by Anna Blundy, on the life of Western expats in Moscow, can be found in the comments.Continue reading “Expats! In Moscow! Drinking! Banyas! Girls! And wishing daddy could see how naughty you’re being!”
Ironically enough, there’s rioting and I’m stuck at work
I say “ironically,” because just yesterday, I was blogging at The Moscow News about how quiet my neighbourhood tends to be when there is public unrest in Moscow. Now I’m reading about how even the mosque on Bolshaya Tatarskaya street, which is right by where I live, may be under threat. We’re being advised toContinue reading “Ironically enough, there’s rioting and I’m stuck at work”
Racist violence in the center of Moscow
It was actually happening within walking distance from where I live, but I wisely stayed at home yesterday. The neighbour called, cautiously asking me if I was going to brave the spectacle in my condition. That’s a negative. And anyway, it’s not as if we need to see it happening. The pattern, by now, hasContinue reading “Racist violence in the center of Moscow”
On the Moscow metro. At a “more innocent time.” (lol)
Thank you, Random Dude on Escalator. You gave me much to smile about – that evening, and many evenings hence.
Natalia A. 