Jon Osler is currently living in Moscow, teaching English whilst learning Russian. His on the ground blog elucidates cultural highlights as perceived by an Englishman in Russia. On the escalator descending towards Medvedkovo station, I can hear Moscow’s monstrous metro for the first time. The old soviet trains make a noise more like that of…
Articles from February 2016
Britain through Russian eyes
Britain is “just a small island … no one pays any attention to them.” Dmitry Peskov Jon Osler is currently living in Moscow, teaching English whilst learning Russian. His on the ground blog elucidates cultural highlights as perceived by an Englishman in Russia. Britain through Russian eyes may at first seem a strange topic for…
An Englishman in Russia
“It’s too bad we’re not green or blue or purple, because if we were, the world would treat us differently. The West expects us to act like they act. They go after us all the time, they keep criticizing us — and you know why? It’s because we look like them. If we looked different,…