Author's notes Ksenia Kirillova

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Everything is not as terrible as it could be: the most terrible predictions that did not come true in 2022

Without exaggeration, 2022 can be called difficult and scary. Even among Russian-speaking immigrants who have been living in the United States for many years, it is difficult to find those whom the Russian-Ukrainian war did not touch at least indirectly: through relatives, acquaintances, participation in refugee assistance, or, on the contrary, breaks ...


The inevitable stage of immigration: how to say goodbye to the past without falling into nostalgia

We have already noted more than once that the correct experience of nostalgia as an inevitable stage of immigration not only does not interfere with adaptation in a new homeland, but even in a certain sense contributes to it. After several years of living in a new country, the human body is characterized not only by ...


A holiday during the war: how to give yourself joy and why it is important

Life under bombs, in the cold and with blackouts or forced flight; separation from loved ones or even their death; fatigue and uncertainty about the future... The war in Ukraine has led to the fact that hundreds of thousands of people, it seems, are simply physically incapable...


'Kill to become yourself': what inspires some Russians to support the war with Ukraine

The protracted nature of the war, the rise in prices, the mobilization that affected many Russian families, the defeat in the Kharkiv region and the withdrawal from Kherson ... It would seem that all these factors should help even the Russians who supported the war to slow down their militaristic ardor and begin to doubt that …


Will a Republican victory in the midterm elections affect US support for Ukraine?

As many analysts predicted, the midterm elections to the US Congress ended with a partial victory for the Republicans. The "Red" party managed to get a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, but it seems that it did not work out to take the leadership in the upper house of the American parliament - in the Senate. AT…


On the collective guilt in emigration: how Russians do not fall into self-flagellation against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine

In addition to the large number of Ukrainian refugees, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine triggered a mass exodus of Russians. No one can name the exact numbers of those who left - according to various sources, they vary from several hundred thousand to millions. The announcement of mobilization at the end of September led to…


Ukrainian bard and the first rescuer in the USSR - about Russian-Ukrainian apartment dwellers during the war, creativity, enemies and friends

Oleg Ryzhenko is a well-known performer of the author's song in Ukraine and abroad, one of the founders of popular bard festivals. In addition, Oleg is the creator of the first Ukrainian Operational and Rescue Service - the forerunner of the former Ministry of Emergency Situations (now the State Emergency Service of Ukraine ...


On Putin's anniversary, Russian-speaking Californians recalled his special operation to change urine

On October 7, on the day of the 70th birthday of Vladimir Putin, in the San Francisco Bay Area, a theatrical reading of the play "Special Operation" was held, dedicated both to the long-standing scandal with the substitution of the results of the analysis of Olympic athletes by the Russian leadership, and the current war of Russia with Ukraine. Analyzes…


How the victims of Russian aggression against Ukraine are honored in Europe: photo report from Berlin

While Russian propaganda is trying in every possible way to assure that support for Ukraine in Europe will inevitably fall, the real picture says quite the opposite. In practice, it turns out that the energy crisis in Germany and other European countries is not so terrible, and sympathy ...


His life was no less mysterious than death: what do we know about Russian businessman Dan Rapoport who died in Washington

Recently, a well-known American, Ukrainian and Russian businessman and investor Dan Rapoport was found dead in Washington, DC. According to the preliminary version, he crashed to death after falling out of the window of an apartment building. Although the version of suicide does not believe not only that ...

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