by Liz Sukhovskaya | Dec 20, 2012 | Russia
I was looking at pictures that a girl from the orphanage had posted on a social networking site, and was seeing this weird dichotomy, but couldn’t put a finger on where it was coming from. The pictures represented her as your average teen girl who aspires to be on a...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | May 3, 2012 | Russia, Staff
I arrived at the orphanage not long after Easter and walked into a “conversation” between a counselor and one of her charges. The boy wanted a cord or chain for a cross pendant he had come across. He felt this would solidify his Christian status. The...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | Apr 14, 2012 | Russia
From On Life in St.Petersburg by Liz H. Sukhovskaya payday loans no employment verification My husband is preparing the Easter sermon for tomorrow (according to the Orthodox calendar) and I am collecting my own Easter thoughts. are making I was thinking about the...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | Apr 11, 2012 | News
Liz Sukhovskaya writes: 3000 Dollar Payday Loan I had an epiphany today about Russian bureaucracy…it’s like having a cold! As the joke goes, if you treat a cold, it will only last about 7 days, but if you leave it alone, it will take a whole week! The same...
by Mike Cantrell | Jan 3, 2012 | Russia, Staff
From Liz Sukhovskaya: A recent article in the St. Petersburg Times gave an interesting look into the issue of corruption. I found this quote especially interesting: “Russian bureaucracy is such a giant beast that what is sometimes termed as corruption is just...
