Childbirth in Miami: how Russian-speaking people come to the United States for citizenship

“To get to Sunny Isles Beach, we will soon need a Russian visa,” a Hispanic taxi driver tells me. Sunny is the suburb of Miami with the largest Russian-speaking population in Florida (about ten percent according to the latest census). In local media, he is sometimes called "little ...

Five ideas for female business from Russian immigrant women

Immigration often has a very negative impact on women's careers, forcing them to abandon ambition and focus on caring for the family. “Forum” talked with Russian-speaking women in Silicon Valley, who preferred their business to work in IT. These ladies showed by their own example ...

Andrey Danilko in New York: “Serduchka is not boobs and tights”

Fashion Week in New York was not complete without the popular artist Verka Serduchka. Andrey Danilko, who performs in her image, is in the city for the second time in recent months. In March, the reason was the premiere of Paul Feig's Hollywood comedy "Spy" with Jason Statham ...

Donbass refugees in the USA: life from scratch and immunity to propaganda

The conflict in eastern Ukraine led to the fact that hundreds of thousands of Donbass residents became refugees. September 5 marks a year since the signing of the first Minsk Agreement, which provides for a ceasefire in the region, but it is still far from a full-fledged truce and a solution to the territorial issue. ...

Musician Vlad Debryansky - from the homeless to the nomination for “Grammy”

  The story of Vlad Debryansky is worthy of a novel: he was poor, lived in a New York park, from where he was taken by black guys, then became friends with Liza Minnelli, and, in the end, received four Grammy nominations and opened his own music academy. The future Hollywood musician Debryansky was born...

Classics VS pop music: Russian violin virtuosos in the United States rated contemporary hits

They have never met, rehearsed or performed together in front of the general public, but will try to do so in September. For the first time in history, 74 musicians from XNUMX countries came to New York to play at the city's main venues. Led by the leading ...

Our people in Hollywood: producer Valeria Phil

Valeria Filshina gave up a successful career as a producer in her homeland to start over, but in Hollywood. Her track record includes several awards for best advertising, filming with the director of the Bond movie, a video for Ilya Lagutenko, Natalie Imbruglia and the film “Home” with...

Russian singer Anna Kolodko passed to the second round of the American Voice

  The protégé of the Russian pop prima donna, ex-participant of the popular show "Star Factory 7" Anna Kolodko made it to the second round of the famous American show The Voice. As a 17-year-old student of the Gnessin Musical College, Anna got on the show "Star Factory", where five unknown talents ...

Independence Day of Ukraine in New York

Today Ukraine marks the 24th anniversary of the declaration of its independence. In New York, the celebrations began with a race in Central Park: the choice of those who decided to join the race in embroidered shirts were offered three distances, from one to three kilometers. A prerequisite for the participants was ...

Autographed from America: How to bring business from overseas

Alexander Krylov lived 20 years in immigration to the United States and brought his business idea from there. It turned out that a purely American "trick" - collecting and reselling autographs of celebrities - took root both in Russia and in Ukraine, and their sale brings round sums. American ...

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