I spent most of my teen years away from Russia but Moscow was my home. I was studying abroad — first in the US, then England — but would be back In Moscow for every school break. I missed Moscow during my boarding school years and missed it even more…

For many days and several weeks, I experienced and expressed my shock and pain over the war in Ukraine. The shock wasn’t from watching CNN. It was from hearing my mom cry in anger and despair. We have close relatives in Ukraine. …

Tonight, before the Warriors game Kerr gave an emotional press conference, commenting on yet another shooting in America. Steve Kerr's statement on school shooting in Texas - ESPN Video Before Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, Steve Kerr refused basketball questions in order to issue a statement…www.espn.com How can anyone not empathize with Kerr’s anger and emotions? I love America, I wrote several stories expressing my appreciation for America, at least from an immigrant perspective. Mass shootings though —…

I am not a nutrition expert but I care a lot about maintaining a healthy weight because it helps my running. Running is my passion. I hope to run a 2.45–2.40 marathon later this year, having recently run 2.49 in a marathon in Southern California. I don’t follow any restrictive…

As I’m writing this, I’m listening to his, watching this, listening again. This is one of the reasons why I enjoy having been born. This: “Skirting On The Surface” When we realise we are only to die then we’re out of here We’re just skirting on the surface We have only…

Here it is my very proprietory depiction of Life (had to create this in excel!). If you decide to borrow it, you have to pay me royalties. The terms are simplified but they notify these areas of life: Money: career, business, wealth, money, success Health: both mental and physical Love…

I dream of Moscow almost every night. In my dreams, it’s always the summer and I’m somewhere in central Moscow, sometimes on my own, sometimes with my wife. In every dream, there is at some point a wave of subconscious anxiety related to our traveling back to America. Do we…

I don’t know. I’m wondering. Soon after the start of the war, I got my mom out of Russia. She’s now with us in America. I’m happy she can spend time with our kids. She is babushka for them. She’ll improve their Russian. We speak Russian in the family, but…

If you follow me, you’d know — running is my passion. Two years ago I started to run more. I achieved perfect consistency in my habit of running. I recently ran a sub-2.50-hour marathon in California. I set my personal best but it wasn’t an easy race. A marathon isn’t…