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		<title>Apartment Fire&#8230; Close Call</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It started at around 1am. Dasha was in the bedroom sleeping, and I was in the main room finishing some work. That&#8217;s when I smelled the smoke. I open the door that leads to the little hallway, at the end of which is the apartment door &#8212; the only door out. The smoke in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trip to Turkey Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After buying a few things in the bazaar, you try to find an exit. The bazaar is indoors, but it feels outdoors. No air-conditioning, for example, and no doors, so there&#8217;s a strong natural flow of air. When you find an exit, you then must wind your way through narrow streets lined with slightly larger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Trip to Istanbul Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I live here in Sevastopol, Ukraine. I moved here in 2008 to continue to learn and master the beautiful Russian language. Due to Ukrainian law, foreigners have to cross the border every few months, so my latest trip took my and my girlfriend Dasha on a boat, across the Black Sea, to Istanbul.
Here&#8217;s what happened&#8230;
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experiments with Russian Pizza</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dasha and I were in the USA this summer, and we spent a lot of time in Manhattan. Oh, how a man begins to yearn for good pizza, living here in Ukraine. (The sacrifices I&#8217;m willing to make for you guys!) The best pizza in the world can be found – if you&#8217;re curious – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Souvenirs &#124; Nesting Dolls? No Thanks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your parents just returned from a trip Moscow…What gifts do you think they bought? If your first thoughts are vodka and nesting dolls, it might be time to broaden your knowledge of Russian culture. Here, then, is a description of Russian souvenirs with photos I took this afternoon.


The above shirts are called ‘vweesheevanka’…though I personally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food in Russian and Ukraine: Of Trees and Pigs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of you guys asked about the FOOD IN UKRAINE, which I&#8217;ll get to, at least in part. Today I&#8217;ll cover the worst Russian food. The reader also asked about sports here, but all I&#8217;ve seen is soccer, soccer,soccer, and a bit of street hoops. Ok, so here&#8217;s today&#8217;s blog post:
This city is so green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EX-PAT SHAKEDOWN &#8211; Bribery and Corruption in Ukraine and Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bribery is alive and well in the F.S.U. I&#8217;ve written an article about my own experience bribing my way past an airport official to get a bottle of wine on my flight, but that was only one story. Since then, others have come in.
A reader in Vladivostok told me about his run-in with a traffic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to use a Russian Cell Phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Russia everybody has a cell phone.  Young people, older people, they&#8217;re everywhere (cell phones that is..).  If you are headed to Russia or Ukraine getting a cell phone is easy but there are some things you need to know.
In this video I show you everything you need to know to get and [...]]]></description>
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