Russian Blog

My favourite American expat in Russia (actually the only interesting one the blog of whom I tracked down) tends to write a lot about current affairs:Putin expressing his indignation over American plans of missile defences in Poland and Czech Republic, Putin threatening NATO to suspend Russia’s compliance with a treaty on conventional arms in Europe, the government brutally putting down the opposition march in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. And finally the Russian-Estonian dispute over a monument to Red Army soldiers. An American somehow doesn't fit in this almost authocratic country. That’s why I utterly admire Aaron Hale-Dorrell who works in Russia as an English teacher.Let's face it - comparing Russia and the USA is like drawing an analogy between night and day. I honestly don’t see much these countries have in common. The former haunted by the past burden of communism and the latter boasting about its ideas of democracy, freedom and equality. Funnily enough, a coincidence made me study both Russian and English;)