Russia has been in American news a great deal over the last few years, and always for negative reasons. We hear a lot about it, but we only ever hear about and from Russian officials as told through the filters of American media.

I wanted to know what an actual Russian thought about recent events. Fortunately, I know one that I could call upon.

Anastasia Redkina is a Russian language tutor (and MY Russian language tutor) and a citizen of Russia. Her answers were fascinating, unexpected, and surprising--sometimes even shocking. Her thoughts about Stalin's role in Russian history, particularly, took me aback. I think it was a great talk and opportunity to see things through a Russian lens.

Anastasia's language site is https://aruspro.com

Her course for Russian language beginners (mentioned in the interview) is at https://aruspro.com/russian-audio-course-for-beginners