There’s something intriguing and perhaps even frightening about pulling out a Russian passport… You rarely, if ever, feel ignored by anyone examining the infamous passport. The only country where I felt privileged and even proud of my red ID was in France, where for some inexplicable reason, it was most appreciated at the passport control [...]
A Humble Beginning….
Whether you’re trying to make it in the entertainment industry, politics, real estate or you’re just a student, there is absolutely no way anyone is going to make it particularly easy for you to immigrate and later integrate into the routine life of your new country of residence. Why? It’s not just jealousy, honestly. It’s [...]
From Russia with Love….
It has gone past 1 a.m. in New York (9 a.m. Moscow time) and it’s officially my fourth anniversary as a US resident from Russia with Love. Who would have thought… A trial trip for a few months at the most became a brand new beginning of something I had always envisioned for myself as [...]
