crime in Russia

[Francoise Rosset]

>I wish to enthusiastically second Prof. Kustanovich's e-mail
>regarding Russian credit card theft, etc. It is awful that we, as
>specialists in Slavic studies, would support and circulate cultural
>stereotypes like the ones in Rosset's e-mail.

Thank you very much, but MY comments -- which were really about a call for
papers anyway -- were limited to:
>> >> Any plans for March 2003?
>> >> besides heading to Petersburg for the tercentenary bash, of course ...

Someone ELSE made the remarks about crime in St P. If everyone would read the
interminable sequences of messages that get copied blindly in every reply, you
would have noticed.

As for myself, I spent five terrific, heavenly, crime-free days in Petersburg
in July. I'd love to see the city again in 2003.  I spent seven weeks in
Russia
this summer and have nothing but wonderful memories. I too disagree with those
comments about crime in Russia, and most of all, I DO NOT WANT CREDIT FOR THEM.
-FR

Francoise Rosset                          phone:  (508) 286-3696
Russian and Russian Studies          fax:    (508) 286-3640
Wheaton College                           e-mail: frosset at wheatonma.edu
Norton, Massachusetts 02766

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