Last weekend I stepped out of the translation bubble and attended #BASEES2022. Here are my impressions….

My observations on the variety of hats sported by Russians during the long winter, from the 'pompom' to the 'romantic heroine'.

A trip to the shops, Soviet-style....

Your narrator and her fellow students are settling into life in Kiev - but what will their teachers make of them.....?

Back in the late '80s, a fresh-faced British 21-year-old visited the Soviet Union to study Russian. Find out what happened next....