Once again, Kremlin is making Pokerface, saying a wide range of nonsense statements, starting from “Navalny forgot to eat his breakfast”, to “You don’t have proofs it was us”. Meantime, it is clear that the Russian government is very afraid of upcoming troubles in the economy and does everything to keep control over the country.
This year we decided to have a vacation inside the country. And drive to Sochi by car. It was the most flexible option in this unpredictable time. It was my first experience driving along the mountain road and drive that far. Though, the road from Moscow to Adigeya is almost perfect: several lanes, signs that […]
There were several music groups in Russia that were interested in all their life with the internal world. They liked to sing about Buddhism, philosophy, and abstract things. I was hugely surprised last year than one of those groups, Aquarium released Time N album full of scathing lyric. This year, they went even further with […]
On this week I passed the final exam at Bonds course and got my certificate from Coursera. This course, to be honest, was just a waste of time. Prof. Stolyarov just read the basic things about bond types and focused the entire course on solving problems about bond pricing and yield to maturity values.
This week I’ve finished the first course of specialization for individual investors on the Coursera platform. It was my second course with Prof. Berson and he is really awesome. Lots of examples and short, clear explanations. This course was more about planning and setting financial goals.
We saw some time ago this very nice movie about post-war life in East Berlin. People there were under constant surveillance of secret police Stasi. And people in this organization are pursuing their own interests. They playing ordinary peoples’ lives have access to scarcely goods. But some people truly believe in their duties to protect […]
Couple weeks ago I sent documents for tax return to IRS using Pony Express. It was cheeper than with DHL so I thought it was a good decision. How wrong was I! They picked up documents very fast and I was sure my papers are on theit way to Texas, however they called my after […]
From the beginning of this week government of the Moscow Region has opened parks, non-essential shops, some churches and health, and beauty facilities. Streets are full of people and kids have fun on the playgrounds that are officially are still closed.
I’ve just finished the Financial Markets and Institutions online course by the Higher School of Economics. Before it, I tried Yale University course that had rather a bad production with professor talking with students in a bar with poor sound. Higher School of Economics course has a clear structure, lots of tasks and examples. Production […]
On Saturday private spacecraft SpaceX Drago launched from Kennedy Space Center two astronauts into space. Now the US has its own spacecraft to reach the international space station and don’t need to pay Russia huge money for use of our rockets
