Begin the unthawing of Vladimir Lenin!

I am on my way back to Russia...

This is the plan: Get to Riga, Latvia on Saturday to get my visas in order, spend a week in Belarus, take the train to Moscow and spend a week or so there and then head into the depths of Russia! I am due to fly out of Istanbul sometime in late August. This is the plan and I'm quite sure it will go awry many times.

Poka!