To Return or Not Return to Russia: It’s a Question I Need to Answer

Crossing the border has again become dangerous

Photo by Joni Rajala on Unsplash

The first time I entered Russia was in 1990. It was then the Soviet Union. Let it be said now, I was scared.

Having just finished my first four years in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist and voice interceptor, I had a very American inflated sense…