Riots and the Bronze Soldier

Tallinn, Estonia. Less than two weeks ago, riots stormed the city in response to political tensions revolving around Estonia’s decision to relocate a controversial Soviet WWII memorial: the Bronze soldier. The relocation was to make way for a parking lot. 12 Soviet soldiers would be exumed and their graves moved to a cemetary along with [...]

Don’t Sit On Beds For Luck

(from train to Tallinn, Estonia)
After nearly four months, I’m leaving Moscow in my dust. It looks like I managed to survive a winter that defeated the likes of Napoleon and Hitler, I didn’t commit feline-homicide (which could be punishable by death in rogue states like Russia, who knows), and my lungs have taken in just [...]