The happy time started in London on April 21st, 2019, Easter Sunday, with our picnic in Dolphin Square.
April 22nd, Gatwiсk airport. Joining a small crowd lining up to board on the London – Olbia flight. At the beginning of the line, a graceful tall lady quietly repacks her suitcase, with a smile on her face. Nan! Hurray! – and back to the boarding hassle.
Trip to Ukraine (Kiev – Teplik) February 28th – March 2nd, 2019
My great grandfather Schlomo Wechsler left Teplik in 1913, headed for Rotterdam and then on to New York. My grandfather Abram Wechsler was recruited during WW1 into the Russian Tsarist ...
Russian Constitution, Amendments. For my friends outside Russia
March 2020 At first, constitutional amendments were discussed. The amendments are long, hard to read, something on pensions, something on maternity/parent capital. Even God is mentioned in there, and just...
Service, a New Word in Russian in 1936
The English word "service” was adopted into the Russian language thanks to the writers Ilf and Petrov. The particularly famous books they wrote together are “The Twelve Chairs” and “The...
Where Does Equality Start?
The words "feminism" and "discrimination" used to send me to sleep, but in March 2019, when I left Citibank and started working for a project aimed to develop financial and...
Coronovirus marketing of banks and other mills on a stomy river
March 2020 Russian banks have launched special products and promotions, which play with words “coronavirus”. But not all of them. "Raiffeisen: "We don't see the need to create products focused...
Tango Conversations
1. You do not have to do anything yourself. The man gives energy. You take it and you follow. He gives just a bit of energy- you take a little...
Conversations with my friend on the male and the female
1 "A woman can only become a friend to a man when she is fully equal to him in rights, when she is equal to him in education and work."...
Rhythm on canvas and on printed cotton fabric
Moroccan and Moscow experiences Rafika Azzaoui, Moroccan artist, covers women not only by what looks like traditional clothing but also hides them under colored dots of paints on the canvas. ...
The little guy’s truth
Complaint Management, Financial Ombudsman Financial Ombudsman, Moscow, 2010 In autumn 2010, Pavel Gurin, Chairman of the Management Board of Raiffeisenbank, supported the initiative of the Association of Russian Banks to...
