Monument fall in the United States threatens the monument to the first Russian governor of Alaska: the diaspora is trying to save him
Alexander Baranov was the first Russian governor of Alaska and the founder of Sitka. Against the backdrop of protests and monumental fall in the United States, the authorities of this city are asking to move the monument to Baranov to another place. The first Russian governor is accused of genocide of the indigenous population of Alaska. Russian-speaking residents of Alaska have created ...
Language heirs: how immigrant children support Russian in the USA
Who are the language heirs? What is unusual about their speech? How to motivate them to support the Russian language? And what mistakes should be avoided? Specially for Voice of America, Irina Dubinina, assistant professor of the Russian language department at Brandeis University in Boston and Maria ...
Find and rent your first home in the USA: tips from experienced immigrants
The author of the channel "Immigrant Alphabet" on "Yandex.Zen" talks about how to find the first apartment in the United States and what you need to know about renting to all newly arrived immigrants. Next - from the first person. Many people know that in the US there is no registration. But this is not so. ...
How much a trucker earns in the USA and how to become one: the experience of an immigrant from Ukraine
$ 8 billion in revenue is not the budget of the leading country in the world, but the revenue of the freight transportation industry in the USA for 2018. In America, with their help deliver more than 70% of all cargo. And although because of the trade war with China, the pandemic and ...
Russian accused of cyber fraud in the United States sentenced to 9 years in prison
A court in Virginia sentenced Alexei Burkov to nine years in prison, convicting him of cyber fraud. According to the prosecution, the Russian caused damage in the amount of more than $ 20 million. This is reported by the BBC. Burkov received six years less than the prosecution requested. ...
Russian hackers attack remotely employed employees of companies in the USA
A Russian hacker group carries out extortion attacks on American companies using the vulnerability of systems of their employees working from home. About this writes the BBC. Evil Corp hackers have tried to access at least 31 networks of organizations to damage systems and demand ...
Khrushchev's 84-year-old son dies in the United States: widow testimony disagrees with police version
The son of the first secretary of the CPSU, Nikita Khrushchev, died of a gunshot wound to the head, said on Monday, June 22, the coroner service of Rhode Island. What is known about the death of Sergey Khrushchev? Tells the Air Force. Sergey Khrushchev died on June 18 at his home in the city ...
'Dumplings, flowers brought, laid the table': how the Slavic diaspora supports the police in Portland
Local authorities decided to cut the police budget by 15 million. Protesters consider this measure insufficient. And representatives of the diaspora, in particular the Slavic Advisory Council, which works with the police, considers the decision hasty, says Voice of America. Reducing police funding means jeopardizing quality ...
The Russians in the United States have created a robot that helps in the fight against the spread of coronavirus
The Russians created the robot Promobot 5, which provides information about the coronavirus, thereby helping to curb its spread. About this writes USNews. The robot with a friendly face spent some time in New York, in February it was installed in Times Square to help provide information ...
A Ukrainian in the USA was the victim of an accident at work: the guy has been in intensive care for three months
Ukrainian Ruslan Gonchar, who studied and worked as a trucker in the United States, was crushed by 10-ton marble slabs during loading in March. The accident occurred due to a broken cable. The guy survived, but is still in hospital in serious condition, writes TSN. ...