My life just got a bit more complicated....

[Phil dAmore]

Good to know Viktor Zubkov has his priorities straight.  Because anyone who lives here knows that English teachers living in Russia on business visas are a major threat to the country.
 
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2007/10/22/004.html

Ya know, I've just about had it with this constant jerking around when it comes to visas.

Anyone interested in buying an apartment in central St. Petersburg? 

Phil

[BillyB]

Sh!t happens in the FSU. You should know better than anyone Phil. You coming back home or are you currently looking for ways to get around the new visa rules for business visas? What is the cost and difficulty of getting a work visa compared to the business visa?

[2tallbill]

Phil, It's obvious that you are a serious danger to Mother Russia.

The KGB is sure that in addition to English you will pass on
your sarcasm, ironic whit, unique philosophies, and clever thinking
on to the youth that you teach.

The KGB is afraid of hundreds of your pupils growing up and forever tormenting
them and their totalitarian ways. Besides everyone knows that learning English should be
taught by people with heavy Russian accents and not by native speaking people
with virtually no accent.

Also I think that they have found out about your plans to import Cholula sauce, Jim Beam and other capitalist merchandise for your personal use.

I have every confidence that you will find a way to beat them at this.

Good luck

Udachi!

Bill

[Misha]

The writing is on the wall. Putin emphasized in a speech recently that Russian companies should not rely on foreign workers and they should replace foreigners working in Russia with Russian nationals.

[SANDRO43]

The Western Intelligence community will never be the same, if we lose Our Man in SPB .

[Rvrwind]

Isn't life just friggin' dandy???
Guess I got me some thinkin' to do before I hop on that plane back to Russia.
Maybe it is time to get out afterall before they decide firing squads are their next step... Sheeesh what a bunch of zipperheads!!!

[2tallbill]

 
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I didn't know what the heck Zipperhead meant and looked it up. There are more definitions than
I would have thought. I even left a few out that were kind of the same


Urban Dictionary
1. zipperheads
 A person who gets kicks out of leaving their 'fly' open

Zipperheads are people who experience The thrill from an embarrassed person pointing out your fly/zipper is open!!!
 
2. A derogatory term used in reference to people of Asian descent.

It is said to have been coined during the Korean war by frontline troops whom had run over enemy troops in jeeps.

3. The soldiers claimed that the tire tracks from the jeeps left a pattern resembling that of a closed zipper along the corpse.

Damn, look at all the zipperheads here, it's like they've just taken over.

4.  A racial slur coined by US soldiers during Korean War because if Asians were shot in the head with high-powered weapons, their heads would split as if you unzipped them.

Hey Louie, hand me that gun, I just saw me a zipperhead

5. A quasi-affectionate term used to describe a member of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC).

Derived from the fact that early Armoured soldiers seldom wore protective headgear inside their vehicles and the head injuries resulting from banging off protuberances inside the vehicles, resulted in obvious stitches and scars.

6. A person who does something so stupid that it seems like they unzipped their head and pulled their brain out. A really dumbass move.

you can't make a left turn from the right lane you zipperhead

7. Zipperheads a drink (source ashtray recipes)

Yield
1 Servings
Measure Ingredient
1  Shot Vodka
1  Shot Raspberry liqueur
  7-Up® or Sprite
 
In a small glass with ice, add the Vodka and Raspberry liqueur. Float the 7up or Sprite on top. Serve with a straw. To drink it make sure that you do not mix it and make sure that you suck the whole drink through the straw in one big gulp

9. There's a store in Philadelphia called Zipperhead that sells punk and rock and roll clothing and merchandise (motto: "Where punk is prince but quality is king!").

10. Traffic is a nuisance, said Steve Sloan, 27, and the rowdy fans cause problems. "You have a bunch of zipperheads who don't know where they are going," he said.
Mary Tabor, "Foxborough officials laud windfall from Rolling Stones," The Boston Globe, September 28, 1989

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[Phil dAmore]

Sh!t happens in the FSU. You should know better than anyone Phil. You coming back home or are you currently looking for ways to get around the new visa rules for business visas? What is the cost and difficulty of getting a work visa compared to the business visa?

Getting a work visa isn't so much of a problem.  The problem is once one has been obtained, the visa holder is at the mercy of the visa issuer.  Should the employer (visa issuer) decide that your services are no longer needed, they can and likely will cancel your visa, leaving you in a major bind as both Richard and I have found out in the past.

Knowing the way Russian 'law' works, all this really means is that the cost of a bribe is going to go up.. again.

The writing is on the wall. Putin emphasized in a speech recently that Russian companies should not rely on foreign workers and they should replace foreigners working in Russia with Russian nationals.

I saw the same speech.  What was that about the definition of insanity?  Something about doing the same thing the same way and expecting a different result?

Bill:  At least they haven't discovered my plans to bring in maple syrup and window screens!

All:  For right now I'm not going anywhere, but it's looking more and more like my time in Russia is coming to an end.

In the upcoming 'election' the best anyone can hope for around here is that everything stays the same.

We had hoped for the best, but it turned out like always. : Boris Yeltsin

[2tallbill]

Phil this is just a question that seems too easy to be possible..........

But what if you got a work Visa from Flowers by Nina?

You wouldn't likely be deported too soon.

Take care
Beregi zdorovie!



Bill