All of this makes me so sad.

I lived in Kyiv for two-and-a-half years, and was there at the time of the Putsch, when Gorbachev was ousted. I made a number of wonderful friends there. I remember that even then a lot of Ukrainians were fearful and skeptical about what might be lurking down the road for their country following independence.

Indeed, from what I gather from friends still in Kyiv, corruption has been as rampant in Ukraine as it ever was in Russia.

Alek, I hope you and your loved ones will be safe.

Donna

Honour the Earth. Without it, we'd be nowhere.

Life is too important to take seriously.