Our Russian family lives in our rental house their Russian friend around them are living with Russian nature.
Master carpenter of Russians living in the cross the street of the our rental housing is a big fan of football and wearing a T-shirt of the Seattle Seahawks, who is enjoying the American life but slow payments to people who are working under him. If this happen to me I will call the collection agency. but Russia people are still working for him.
One of the things that I was surprised living in Russia , I was amazed that it is something that people were often the free work.
Also ladies were wearing an overcoat of good-looking fur that mad me so surprised "they are rich!, but I hard those who had been the work of government, they were not paid that was paid by material.
Live in small village of Volgograd, the mother of my friend working at the nearby ranch who even three months have not gotten a salary, but she went to work every day. "Why! ??" the answer is that "because would pays me sometime," .
They are big mind whether they give up, or do not care.
It was beyond the limits of my thinking.
"In this ruble crash, how your mom living in the country?"
"Well she can not get Vitamin from Europe,this is in trouble for her also no made in Europe cheese"
"Anyway because there is experience that has been exceeded several times crisis. they are saying "even still Okay." seems they are not making noise.
"Dacha" (individual farms) culture It is strong. They prepared vegetables to pickles for winter , and also for the economic winter, . In addition people have their own home.
Heliage of the communist regime era, it is somehow ironic for under this crisis helping them a lots.
The old days of Russia there were a number of famous story of exile, now it had been forgotten .
What However, I was surprised to new exiles came.to visit our rental housing who lived Russian family.
This new coming Russian family are having 7-year-old 3-year-old 2-year-old yang children.
Our Russian friend are asking to community if people have provide them with a room, provide extra car
This friend who has been a living translation of the US and Russia, even though he is in crash of rubles.
"Are they have visa and money"
" travelers visa, a little money and no English"
"?????????"
They are story is this. His wife is Estonian so she is very painful to live in Russia . Russian husband could not find good job also they do not like the president.
They are explanation is not big enough to be a refuges?.
Anyway they made big decision with three yang childrens coming to US with small money.
We should call them as economic refuges?
America is kind enough for them to help for food and school to go.
World having economic trouble, from now on may be we are having this kind of refuges.
Collapse of weaker yen and ruble. People who are getting Louvre in the United States, will pale. Ordinary people who at any time of the world has been controlled by political and economic circumstances. We ordinary people only want to be live as a good citizens to protect family. we are not happy of political power and economic power controlling us. Anyway What Russians, silent patience?
Russianhusband,German wife with three yang children are living in theour rent house. Recently 70-years-old motherofRussiancamefromVolgogradtoSeattleto visit this family. Accurate old lady lives in the second big cityofVolgograd Oblast, anyway city of Russia it seems tobe samesomehow, similarstyleofbareconcreteapartment blockstown . why she came to visit in Seattle from far way from deep inside Russia becauseGermany wife went to visit her country .Old lady beendoingbabysitting. Because it isRussiathatmore than 80% of couple todivorce, thisold ladyis alsooneofpersonalpensionlifewho was divorced. she is a strongRussianlady. Coming to visit is good hopetomeether sonandwife and seengrandsons and daughter, going back home is for me it isendlesslyfar . Inlong-distancetrainsfromMoscow to her town. Volgariverfor usinthefamiliarin Russiafolk song, andthoughit seemslike a riverdriftingofromance, but for me there this citiesinthisneighborhoodis huge endless loneliness steppe.
Middle of nowhere.
Youngbrotherswho came toMoscowfromthistown, they weresaying toget boredwhen they were stayingthreedays ofhomecoming. I can imagine. Soongrandmother is returning tothe her town. thereMoscowalsoVolgogradnorhere, there are in themiddle of deep snow. Somethinglonelinessshe is going back far way her town.
RussianPresident Vladimir Putinon January 24, Valdaiconference, which was held inSoch(Russianresearchers, internationalpoliticsexpert about Russia), He gave speech about criticizedtheAmerican readership to the world.. TothisAmericancriticismis not hasstartedtonow, butboth before and afterthe Cold Waralsoistheattitudedoes not changeforRussiaofthe United States, now we know Russia and Chinawearingtheeconomic powerat the same timethey are working hard together to against US. Theleading the world or globalleaders whoever is a sincere for the world peace it iswelcomeof the people in the world.. Thinking about the world peace, Russiaand Chinawe want them to make own country peace first. we do notwant spreadcorruption anddictatorshipinthe world.
NewsofRussia has beenquiet. AndthoughI sawan articletitled"withdrawal oftroopsRussia" it was fewweeks ago, More than anything elsethan that, few weeks ago, I saw thepicturethe Presidentis swimmingwith the"dolphin military" in the Crimean. It was thedisappointedof"one of the winnersof thepast".
ThisstoryIisnot fun.
GirlsofthreebeautifulRussianhomeofmyneighbor,they loveanimals, they have increased chicken fromtheeggs as well as another kind of birds and they brought uptwoturkeys in this year. "Do you know the nameof theirturkeys?" My daughtercame backfromtheir home and asked me.
"No"
"Thanksgiving 1 and Christmas2"
"Well, mean thatoneisupto thedining tabletoThanksgiving, 2andon the tableat Christmas.Iwondergirls can eat without tears" " I do not know"
It was theattitude of theRussianwhich was fear to the world, for now it cease-fire . It was a bigdemonstration of moving around big army.. Many countriesofthe worldspends onthe big money for military, people whoflock toit. We wish waron Earthwill disappearone by one, so we like to see thesmileofpeople.
Up to this point, "Ukraine invasion of Russia" "Russia is still," said everyone.
Evenwhilethrougha variety ofroadafter the Cold War, the relationship betweenRussia EU andUSwe could expected friendlyfuture,I hopestilllightsoffriendshipthat are ignitedamong thecommon people. Russian family in the neighborhood is living with translation of the US and Russia, "I worried about my job" It is really worried.
4shopMcDonald'sin Moscowwas closedbecauseofsomehowthe end of July,the wave ofclosure expandto thelocal cityfurther. McDonald's issignthat symbolizes theUnited States, it's becomethe target ofagainst America.,inRussia,thereabout 400McDonald'sstoresnow. When ourfamilymoved to Russia,sixstoresinallRussia.also it wasonlyaround Moscowneighborhood, our children were worried about where we go the country has only 6 Mac, Manyworrythat,in Russiaat the timeof thetense atmosphere,it wasMcDonald'sprice higher, but itwasfelt of securityreminiscent ofsomethinghome. Itis sad news.Iwant tobe only short period.
Few days ago I red one news. It was saying "apology toMalaysia airline", in thenewspaperofRussia, "uncommon word newspaper inRussia??" I wonder it isnot a"Izubesuchi~ia" or "Pravda" No way. That wasthe newspaper "Novaya Zeta" Gorbachevwas foundedon the basis of thefundsofthe NobelPeace Prize. Russians they likevery muchto read even readin a smallnewspaperin thecommunity, but I did not know about this news paper that people readin thelocal city where far awayfromMoscow. Because it is thenewspaperof theanti-government, some number of reporters havealreadybeen assassinated, butithas a history offightinganti-governmentactivistsoverlifefromtheoldRussia. We wish thatin a country wherepeople livein peace,