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Each week Sam Gerrans speaks with a different foreigner who now lives in Russia. 

His guests describe their background, their thoughts about Russia before they came, the reality they found here, and the life and work that keeps them here. They also reflect on how life here has changed them personally and their attitude towards their home culture

Previous editions
20.05.2012
12:53
I try to be as much of a local as I can Andreas Toscano comes from Sao Paulo, Brazil. His father was born in Germany and moved to Brazil as a child and his mother is Brazilian of Italian descent. →
13.05.2012
17:31
Therapy through laughter Anju Shahani is from Mumbai, India. She has one younger sister and received her initial education at a Catholic school. She studied Business at university where she met her husband. After getting married, the young couple moved to Hong Kong where her husband had business interests. →
6.05.2012
09:24
Just show up! John Sherry was born in Northern Ontario and grew up over the border in Northern Michigan in the USA. His mother is an administrator in the state prison system, and his father is the headmaster of the local high school. He and his brother were additionally raised in large part by their grandmother. →
29.04.2012
13:03
All the materials are here Frank Williams hails from St. Louis, Missouri. He had a conservative upbringing. His father was a commercial artist and his mother ended her working life as vice president of personnel for a bank. By luck, he was not drafted during the Vietnam War, but the events of those times had a strong impression on him. →
22.04.2012
18:22
This is an incredibly spiritual country Samir Mastaki is from Italy. His father is Moroccan and his mother is Italian. To begin with, he was interested in technical subjects, but later developed an interest in history and economics. →
15.04.2012
15:30
It's all about who you work for Glen Ballis was born in Melbourne, Australia, and is the youngest of five. His father died when he was young and his mother worked hard to put him and his brothers and sisters though school. Not having a father to keep him on track, Glen became a bit of a wild child. →
7.04.2012
16:59
To be the friend of a Russian person is a true honour Sophia Tupolev was born in Moscow but her parents emigrated to the U.S. when she was just two and the family settled in Boston. She grew up speaking Russian at home, and there was English and Hebrew at school. →

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Sam Gerrans

Sam Gerrans has backgrounds in languages, publishing, journalism and public relations. He has featured regularly on Voice of Russia since Nov 2010. He created and hosts the popular weekly show Home from Home in which he interviews foreigners who now live in Russia. He also writes Inside Out which is a weekly blast of subjective – and sometimes questionable – viewpoints on a range of subjects which relate in some way to Russia.
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