March Madness à la russe
For those of you out there celebrating the start of spring, here’s a little spring-related Russian humor for you.
Giddy over Propaganda
This last week marked Maslenitsa, the week of celebration before Orthodox lent. It’s similar to Mardis Gras in that respect, though celebrated very differently. I always look forward to Maslenitsa when I’m in Russia because it’s a great cultural experience and an excuse to eat blini for a week straight. This year I celebrated with colleagues […]
The Requisite Weather Post
You may recall my post a few weeks ago, where I mentioned that, contrary to popular news stories, it was in fact rather warm and slushy in Moscow. Feel free to disregard that. I mean, I didn’t lie – it was rather warm and, often, slushy. However, for two weeks following, it was quite nippy […]
It go BOOM. Twice.
Most of you probably noticed one of the major news stories last week – North Korea’s nuclear test. BOOM. In case you missed it, here’s the short version: Monday/Tuesday (depending on what time zone you live in), North Korea conducted a nuclear test, to which the entire international community – China included, to many people’s […]
I’m Baaaaaaaaaack
I am once again in the Motherland! For those of you who don’t know, I am in Moscow this spring for an internship, sort of as a capstone project for my degree. During work hours, I will be at the PIR Center contributing to a project on Russian-American cooperation in nuclear policy. I’m very excited to […]
Hello world!
As I prepare to go on my next adventure, I’m going to try something new – keeping a blog. Yay! In the past, I have sent emails on a (somewhat) regular basis, but inevitably someone gets left out of the recipient list. This way, I only have to send everyone the link once, then I’m […]
