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I met Svetlana (not her real name) outside a Russian tea house in New York City. Not the famous Russian Tea Room on W. 57th St. that has hosted glitterati, literati and Russian ex-pats since 1927, but a hole-in-the-wall, Mama and Papa joint in the far reaches ... More »
COPENHAGEN – Organizers of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest announced that Russia will not be allowed to participate in this year’s event. Eurovision spokeswoman Francine du Boeuf stated that: “We want to send a clear message to Russia that countries... More »
By Dan Geddes MOSCOW – The Russian government today announced a new tax on certain high net wealth individuals, effectively immediately. In an unrelated story, French actor Gérard Depardieu, who only recently moved to Russia, has moved to Antarctica. Depard... More »
An Accidental Family – Fyodor Dostoevsky Review By Dan Geddes 10 October 2004 Dostoevsky’s An Accidental Family is probably the least known of his long novels. It is a first-person narrative, presented as the private “notes” of a twenty-year old ba... More »
Imaginary review by Dan Geddes 19 October 1999 One overlooked, undoubtedly tragic, consequence of the Cold War was the isolation of Eastern European artists and philosophers. Suppressed, imprisoned or even executed, some of these creative geniuses were prevent... More »