Elephant in the room

[nataliek at UALBERTA.CA]

I have a different sort of "elephant" question.  Not sure if this is  
the right forum, but here goes.

I met a man in Moscow.  He was quite prominent in museum circles.  We  
had a lengthy correspondence and I put him in touch with various other  
people in Canada with similar interests.  He was an avid  
correspondent.  He wrote to all of them before they had a chance to  
contact him.

Then, all of a sudden, he disappeared.  I emailed many times.  Finally  
I called and was told that the phone was no longer in service.  Any  
ideas as to what happened?  Did he get into trouble for contact with  
too many foreigners?

I'm both curious and worried.

Natalie Kononenko
Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography
Editor, Folklorica
University of Alberta
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
200 Arts Building
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E6
Phone: 780-492-6810
Web: http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/

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