Hi, Expatniki. I got a lovely 10-year Russian driver's license, which is now,
alas, about to expire. Has anyone gone through this recently? Several questions:
1. Is there only one place for foreigners? (I can't remember where I got mine,
but I vaguely recall driving forever...)
2. Is there any
Jokes about the Holocaust are not flat, they are beyond the pale,
particularly in Russia, particularly in a glossy lifestyle publication. See
for yourself, again p. 64, in October Maxim.
My lawfirm is filing suit against Hachette Filipachi and their advertisers,
specifically the Russian
This is right nonsense. The Soviet Union certainly lost more dead in WWII, but
that was due in good part to Stalin's execution of most of his top brass before
the CCCP entered the war. And don't forget that Soviet troops fought almost
exclusively on a single front, namely the Soviet border
hi
Plse see my comments in the mail below.
Kind Regards,
Anand Singhi.
Meridian Group-Fly Mobiles,
Moscow,RUSSIA.
+79163016897.
-Original Message-
From: Michele A. Berdy mabe...@gmail.com
To: expat expat@lists.ru
Sent: Fri, Oct 29, 2010 12:24 pm
Subject: Expat List renewal of
The domains I checked were themoscowtimes.com and moscowtimes.ru, not
moscowtimes.com. The domain themoscowtimes.com now loads without the
message, moscowtimes.ru still displays it.
CB
On 9/30/10 2:32 PM, Kimberly Zenz ktz...@gmail.com wrote:
note: Rereading the original email, I see that the
Kimberly,
I think your points are sound and compelling. And in complete candor, yours is
a fascinating family history.
Your comments enrich the list, beyond the usual where are keys made, where
are photos made, maid, driver, etc. that we fell into years ago.
The expat list, well... it's
I wasn't going to get sucked into this.
Howver, without our help - the Allies that is and our opening of a second and
Western Front - there wouldn't be, in all probability, a Russia; not as we know
it today, that is.
As well as the fact that a great many Russian's tragically died fighting on
My grandfather was drunk most of the time and could not coherently describe his
achievements in WWII. I do not consider myself a Russian patriot, rather a
Russian sympathizer instead. My ancestors, lying drunk in a ditch
self-medicating for war injuries, were simply crushed by the war unable
Am the only one who thought that Andrew was being sarcastic/making fun
of the hyperbole surround that period in history?
On 10/1/10, victor.rom...@gmail.com victor.rom...@gmail.com wrote:
I wasn't going to get sucked into this.
Howver, without our help - the Allies that is and our opening of a
To illustrate the level of misunderstanding there is in Russia about that
particular war, when I recently mentioned to my mother-in-law (Russian) that
my father had been an officer in the Pacific war with Japan, she asked, was
the US involved in that war?
CB
On 10/1/10 7:45 PM,
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