My country’s obsession with enemies Since time immemorial, Mother-Russia has been obsessed with somebody invading her. True, thanks to our geographical position, we’ve had lots of enemies coming in. It was the Teuton knights, then Mongol-Tatars, then Swedes and Polish, then Turks, then Napoleon, then British and French, then Turks again, then Germans, twice in …
What The Hell is Wrong With You People? First, we must acknowledge they can’t help it, being cut from inferior cloth and all. However, once we show them the error of their ways, the continued failure to fall at our feet and worship our superior status is … puzzling. While this could go on for …
Answer to the question: I hope not. Or, it’s better to say: I’m sure I will not. Unlike my pals from the West, Roger and Dean, I come from the Soviet Union. Born and bred in the USSR. Yep, a unique experience. By the way, there was no capitalism back then in Russia. And many …
In fact is was way beyond cool… It was just an ordinary weekday. I was reading, online, a preview of a forthcoming football match in London – my beloved Arsenal playing at home to huge rivals Spurs. It was 2011, and my team had been playing at their “new” stadium, the Emirates, for over five …
October marks the completion of our first year and we wanted to share some of our favorite articles with you. This week Dean tells us about his favorite Blog over the past twelve months. Let us know if you agree below. Greatest Invention is my favourite blog article from the last year. No, it wasn’t …
The Great One, revisited As RUSUK reaches the landmark of our 1st anniversary, we come back to our favorite blogs so far. Roger and Dean will have their say and mine is ‘The Greatest Sportsman’ or simply ‘The Great One’, Wayne Gretzky’s nickname; he was the biggest hockey player of all time. So, nothing has …
It’s a heartache…………. The offer from the record company seemed pretty reasonable. Our band, recently formed to back singer Bonnie Tyler, was offered either session fees for three days recording of the new single, (around £300, a not inconsiderable sum back in the 1970s) or royalties, based on record sales. I had loans to pay …
October marks the completion of our first year and we wanted to share some of our favorite articles with you. This week Roger tells us about his favorite Blog over the past twelve months. This was originally published on 10-10-17. Let us know if you agree in the comments below. As we celebrate our first …
May I taste your urine please? I guess that this topic poses the assumption that anything might be better than the stresses and strains of our ever-more-complicated present-day lives; going back to a much calmer, much simpler time, like the 1500s. But as my American buddy would say, “Hell, No!” If I was lucky and …
Tribalism? Not my punch bowl! I live in a world ruled by the tribes. I would say, it is a very ancient world. We’ve got lots of tribes here in Russia. First, we’ve got the Kremlin tribe that rules the country although it is by itself a pool of very different prides sometimes confronting each …