Ksenia* is a dear friend and an admirable person. She is a single mother to a teenage daughter, a prison guard turned university lecturer and a religious resident of a small provincial city. She has no desire to ever see that change — and nor should she.
As you might imagine, Ksenia has experienced all the benefits and drawbacks of contemporary Russian life. Government jobs and inherited family holdings and living with an elderly relative after a messy divorce can make for a typical life lived beyond the Moscow Ring Road.
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