This is the second installment of my series showing the effects of sanctions and the true feelings of Russians during these politically charged times. I don’t pretend, like NPR and all other liberal outlets to be unbiased,

This is the first installment of a new series I’m working on. I’ll be covering the effects of the sanctions, and more importantly, the price of oil on the Russian economy and Russians in general....

  You’re listening to the Mark in Russia broadcast, episode 107, and I’m Mark.   Ok, first I want to announce a language alert. If you are under 18 or if some foul language offends you then you really need to turn off this episode now. There is n

  Welcome, you’re listening to the Mark in Russia Broadcast, episode 106 and I’m Mark………….   Lots of crap happening in the world today; the bloated and decomposing remains of about 300 dead bodies lying on the ground in Ukraine for more t

  During the past couple of months I’ve been working on several different projects, of which some will become podcasts, but there are events happening right now in America that the rest of the world needs to be aware of and you won’t read about it o

      You’re listening to the Mark in Russia Broadcast, episode # 104 and I’m Mark. Well, today will be the elections in Ukraine. Actually by the time anyone hears this broadcast the election will be history. The world is experiencing great...

  You’re listening to episode # 103 of the Mark in Russia Broadcast, and I’m Mark………………………   The very first podcasts I produced more than 100 episodes ago were part of a series called “ Pet Peeves #..................” I used

Sometimes you know only one story, in the case of Russia; I know infinitely more than one.   Today I’d like to tell you a couple of stories, put some flesh and blood on them and hopefully help you distinguish between reality and stereotype.   Ever

  You’re listening to the Mark in Russia podcast, episode 101 and I’m Mark…………… Welcome to part 2 of a 2 part episode where I speak to Nastya about her experiences working as a volunteer at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. If you missed pa

This is part one of a two part episode about one of our Sochi Olympic volunteers. I will be making a series where I'll be interviewing some of the returning volunteers and finding out what they did any why. The first volunteer is Nastya. Nastya has trave