Russian Paradox 2014

Hello. I've come back and got some thoughts about current situation in Russia. BIG BIG BIG BIG TROUBLE. That's how the title should be.
First of all, in a addition to all the problems that might really hurt me, Russia has got in trouble with its economy. President of Russia Putin now break all rules of economics trying to expand his influence on everyone and raise his rating.
If you haven't heart before more that a half of population of Russia appreciate Putin's politics regarding Crimea, sanctions, Donetsk SR and Lugansk SR. What we really see now is a kind of blindness and madness. People in Russia don't care about stagnation, inflation, annexation of Crimea, intolerance which is now supported by laws "against propaganda", poverty, devaluation of ruble, BAD medical care system, corruption and many other problems. All they want is to spend their vacations on the Crimea peninsula. The main problems for them is USA's (and of course NATO) military expenditure and threat.
Goverment TV channels broadcasting only pro Putin's propaganda. Do you remember the time when the Crimea had just been annexed? The day after the main TV channels prepaired the weather forecast for Sevastopol and other Crimea cities like it used to be a Russian territory. And when some people were confused, the other people started to think that everything is ok.
What is going on now? Central bank of Russia is increasing interest rates trying to handle the raise of inflation (expected 9% at the end of 2014) and stop the devaluation of ruble. But it will help only for a short period of time. In nearly future real wages are going down and poverty would increased. Unemployment rate will raise too. And meanwhile people are going to live worse, Putin's raiting will be high enough to win the next election in 2018. That's what I call the Russian Paradox.

I'm going to quit. I want to live here and now in a prosperous country with smart people. And it's not Russia

As a P.S. A meaningfull pic for you

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September

     You know, i've never been so feared about these autumn. Actually I used to say "oh now there is a great period of falling leaves down and all that autumn bullshit".
But year after year this fear of ending smth good and facing the cold wind is becoming bigger and bigger. The crucial moment is that at one day it will take you over and you'll not be able to do smth with this. And this day came...
     For me the only solution of decreasing the impact of season depression is to set up a whole new great goal of your life and challenge yourself to reach it. Why autumn? Maybe it's the most productive period.
    Just want to say that I've determined with my new goal. It's about to become a great at smth that I'm learning now and by the way to leave this fucking job for another. Firstly it's vital to feel the passion of what you're doing now. But these time I don't feel so. Maybe, the new job will change my life dramatically or won't impact on any part of it. But something predicts me that this fall might change everything.
Wish you the same.
Sincerely yours,
V.


P.S. Inspiring pic for you :)

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Short review of my trip to Krasnodar. Beautiful city (exactly) which is full of beautiful people

Hey! Here I'm again.
You know I got back to Stavropol 2 days ago but start to compose this post just now.  This is because I wanted my thoughts to be formed and to eliminate all emotional factors after vocation. So, there is gonna be my view of Krasnodar. Get ready for a big mount of photos and words. Let's start!

First of all, the Central Bus station and Central Railways Station is placed right in front of each other in common area. I should also say that both of them were build over the course of USSR's period but nowadays they had reconstructed and also got a modern equipment.

I have no good photo of stations, but I've seen a lol about Crimea near the exit out of the Railway Station.

This photo was taken on the second day of my staying in Krasnodar. Since I had already arrived in the city at the end of the night, all other photos will be black scary and in a bad quality (all of them were taken on Lumia 520).
The main street in the city is Krasnaya (it is situated in the heart of the Krasnodad) and it is very large and along which almost all government buildings, monuments, shops, bars, parks and Galereya mall are concentrated. Here's a part of map.

So, there are many places of interest here. We have started our walk through the Krasnay st. (further in the text K.st.) at 2 a.m.. It was night and 'cause it was business day (Monday-Tuesday night) there were no people in the streets at all (thanks God).

It's very important to say that all kuban people (Kuban is unofficial name of Krasnodar region) are very fond of place where they live. To prove my words here is one of hundreds banners posted through the city:

So, as we walked, we met a variety of sights:
1.The Krasnodar Court of Justice (very gorgeous)

The Krasnodar Court of Justice

2. The Pushkin monument (very interesting that the light of the lantern shows the shadow of the monument on the building behind) (awww toooo many "the" but no one can stop me now!)

The Pushkin monument

3. Ekaterina the second monument.

Ekaterina the second monument. 

Here I should say that the founder of the city was she. And before the city was renamed to Krasnodar in 1920 year its name was Ekaterinodar (in honour of Ekaterina II). Now, after USSR, you can see many signs of letter "E" everywhere in the city.

And not long ago the head of the city suggested to rename the city to Ekaterinodar again.

4. The Church of Someone i don't remember

The Church

5. Galereya Krasnodar Mall.

Galereya Krasnodar Mall.

It's so big that one day I've spent 3 hours and visited just 5-6 shops in this mall (they are in different parts of the mall so it takes some time to get from one shop to another). The 3rd floor is named food court, place where a big variety of restaurants are placed (including Mc Donalds, Burger King, KFC) and more than
1000 places to sit. Very big. If you gonna visit all shops that are situated here you should have nearlly 12 hours.

Go further!

6. The Ferris Wheel (52 meters tall!). It was opened just 1 month ago, on 9th of May. 250 rur for one ride which last nearly for 15 minutes.

The Ferris Wheel (52 meters tall

On the top of it you can see beautiful panorama of the city.  Like this (but not so beautiful 'cause photos as you remember were taken on Lumia 520)

Panorama of Krasnodar

I haven't mentioned that this wheel is placed in the Gorky Park. It's not so big, but very cosy. There some other attractions but i think they are not so interesting. For ex. below you can see the normal Ferris Wheel (20 meters tall) from the top of the 52 meters:

7. The Solnechny Island (park which is surrounded by water)

The entrance to the zoo

It is the beautiful place for a rest. But I don't like convicted unhappy animals so I haven't desire for visiting zoo.

The park is very clean. Grass is green and had just been cut. Beautiful smell all over the territory

Attraction

On the banks you can spend a great time enjoying the nature and feeding ducks

Is it beautiful? I think so.












8. Kuban and the riverbank
Night:

Here, right on the bridge a night club is situated (it's lighted). Also numerous benches for seating are placed along the riverbank.

9. And concluding, back to the Krasnaya street. During the weekend (from friday evening till sunday evening) from 20:00 to 24.00 it's free of cars and opened for a walk.

There you can find street musicians (really cooool):

10. Also, there is a great Irish Pub which I strongly recommend to visit if you'll be in Krasnodar:

Irish Pub in the center of Krasnodar

And here is perfomance of group "Krasen glaz" in it:

To sum up, someone can ask me, how i've spent my time in Krasnodar. I want to answer with a photo:

P.S.Many thanks goes to Evgeny Rybalchenko, who made up our trip with friends impossible cool.
P.P.S. Sorry for mistakes. I'm just studing English
See ya, bye)

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Welcome post

It takes some time and a lot of effort to start it. Although I've learnt language in school but it was not enough. Here I will practice my English and share with you some info that seems interesting for me.
Sincerely yours,
V.

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