What Do You Think About Russia in the Intera Period?

I love russia, i have loved living there and being a student there. I think it's easy to forget that we were going to try to change a russia that had been totalitarian for so long. And i remember being a student in moscow in 19 91. There was basically no food. You know, i could buy this. Before the soviet union fell, there were apples and as to buy in theand more carrots to buy, you know, at the market. That was it. All the stores were empty. So it was a huge endeavour we were embarking on. And i was very optimistic, i must say, in the midnight is that, you know