Thanks. If I ever get back I'll do that. When I say 'discouraged', it wasn't from any workers or Russian people - it was from my host. FWIW, this was 2011, a

Thanks. If I ever get back I'll do that. When I say 'discouraged', it wasn't from any workers or Russian people - it was from my host. FWIW, this was 2011, and... my host just wasn't all that sure. He defaulted to "permission" vs "forgiveness" mode in a foreign country, which was probably wise.