It's Labo(u)r Day here in DC, so I look at the - pretty poor - state of organised labour in Russia, but also the hints that coming economic pressures could help encourage some solidarity and lateral connections, key to effective civil society.
My post 'Mikroraion Life' in my Travels in Deepest Muscovy blog on life in Kotel'niki is here.
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