We have just put online a new guide to Russia for expats. You can find information about teaching English in Moscow, finding a job, work permits, setting up a company, meeting people, and networking. There's also a new Shopping Guide to Moscow, which will be very interesting for expats as well.

Check out Expat Guide to Russia and
Moscow Shopping Guide


This and other photos in the guide by Sasha Reshetilov

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"Nu Pogodi" ("Just Wait...") is a very popular cartoon produced in the 60s in Soviet Union. The plot is very simple: a bad wolf is running after an innocent rabbit. He never manages to catch him and at the end of each series the wolf says: "Nu zayats, pogodi!" ("So, rabbit, just wait..."). It's funny that even though the plot is quite similar to Tom & Jerry, the cartoon has a very distinct style... somehow the Soviet wolf seems much more malicious than his American counterpart.

Have you ever wondered what do Russian women like in men, what Russians really think about Putin, and whether there's a lot of racism in the country? You could read a newspaper of course, but what about asking "real" Russian people on the streets?

That's why we created the Russian People feature where we invite our readers to send us the questions they want to ask Russian people but were afraid to do it themselves. Our writers then go out and ask these questions, however simple, shocking, or controversial they are. And then we post all the answers unedited on WayToRussia.Net

This time there are 3 interviews with people from Volgograd made by our writer Irina Irbis who lives there as well. We did not edit the answers, so if the English there seems a bit strange, I refer you to a very nice book called "Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foyer -- it's written in Russian English, in the way that a Russian person would speak English. Very seemingly some things sound unusual but we consider it adds to the overall impression. In the end of ends the main thing is what they talk about, and not how. :-)


Alena from Volgograd says: "I think the least European character trait of Russian is that we live by one day not being lost in thought about tomorrow’s day..." Read more...