US-Russian relations

Taking off weight? Taking off my makeup? No, taking off for Russia! With my shiny new THREE YEAR MULTIPLE-ENTRY VISA! Whoo hoot! This is almost as exciting as the day I got lasik surgery. Both are like miracles for a gal who couldn’t see clearly past 3 feet – and who has STRESSED out every year for 13 years juggling the never-the-same rules for getting a Russian visa. Thanks to some strategic hand-pumping and schmoozing between the US Dept of State and its Russian counterpart, our two countries now have “equal” terms for visiting one another, making business and tourism…