current situation and foreign study. UKRAINE?

[John Langran]

In case individuals want to cancel Russian visits, but do not want to lose 
out on their studies, I can suggest Russian language programmes in Ukraine 
as offered by Ambergh in Sweden.  www.russian-in-russia.net
I believe that Odessa and Yalta are predominantly Russian speaking. 
Additional advantages - no visa needed and flights may be cheaper.

John Langran
www.ruslan.co.uk


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Josh Wilson" <jwilson at SRAS.ORG>
To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] current situation and foreign study


>I completely agree with David - its way to early to tell where this is 
>going
> or if it will have wider consequences for life on the ground in Russia. It
> seems most Americans think that life here is very fragile - I had a parent
> of one of our students call me just after Kosovo declared independence
> because he was wondering if the "rioting had spilled into Moscow."
>
> Life here in Moscow has changed very little over the last few days. Most
> Russians are strongly interested in the events, and most are very 
> supportive
> of their government's actions. I've noticed coworkers checking news online
> at work - I don't think I've ever noticed them browsing general news 
> before.
>
> However, in my experience most Russians realize that any connection the
> American government has to Georgia doesn't prevent Americans from being
> people just like Russians. I personally don't feel any less safe on the
> streets of Moscow than I did last week.
>
> Just another two cents,
>
> Josh Wilson
> Asst. Director
> The School of Russian and Asian Studies
> Editor-in-Chief
> Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
> www.sras.org
> jwilson at sras.org
>
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