My grandparents came from Russia. I always had a soft spot for the Russian people, even when they were demonized in America during the cold war where i live. I have been to Russia twice, once in 1986 during Soviet times and again in 2006 to photograph their first presidential election after the fall of the Soviet Union. What a great, strong and wonderful people they are, and how much they sacrificed for the world. Even today, i cannot understand why the USA has to encircle them with anti-missile defense systems and lie about it saying it is because if a threat from Iran. I believe the russian people, after what they went through in WW2 are the least likely people to want war. The USA's last memory of whole cities being bombed out with massive death on its soil was the Civil War. Iraq, Afghanistan, Lybia, and maybe Iran next seem to prove the United States needs to step back an look at photos like these and think about what they like to start!
