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Dear everybody, Today, I've been shocked by the terrible news from Toliatti. It is said that about 60 people have died in the bus explosion, which definitely had been arranged and implemented by terrorists. Almost all victims were either young people or young adults as it was the morning and they commuted to work or universities. This heartbreaking news can't leave me indifferent as the terrorists want to keep us constantly under fear of something terrible and be scared to death by such actions. They want us to be afraid of lving normal everyday life. But let's be more alert wherever and whenever we go and please, take good care of yourself.

Dear all, I've just got home from my flight from Ekaterinburg. It was supposed to arrive in Domodedovo, but just at the moment it started to descend, the pilot said that the weather in Domodedovo is quite foggy so we're going to hover over the area for a while until it wears off. But in reality, it turned out to be 1,5 hours of monotonous circling in the air, after which he said that the fog doesn't want to go away and we'll land in Vnukovo. It took us another 40 mins. But above all, was the waiting for a bus to pick us up from the aircraft. So, all in all, my flight to Moscow took me some 5 hours instead of 2,5. This definitely spoiled a very good positive impression about the presentations on BULATS and the teachers there. Now, I'm totally worn out and'll go to bed as soon as possible as tomorrow is my class with you to cover for Thursday. See you.

Dear all. I've got to go on a business trip to Ekaterinburg tomorrow at 12:25pm. Will be staying there for 2 days taking part in the conference held by the CenterCom annually all around Russia. Gonna speaking there about BULATS - business examination, which I tried myself in spring 2007 and got 92 out of 100. Actually, it's not very difficult but the CenterCom has become an Agent in Russia, so they need to carry out promotion in some places beyond Moscow and S-Pets. I'm really happy to fly there as I love the city and hope to enter my favourite Church, which will be a welcome change for me now, in the middle of my school year. Yesterday, I learned about a raging fire in California and San Diego. This has upset me a lot as I don't understand why so much sorrow and damage is inflicted on America, my dear country, too.Just look at the photos.

Dear all. I want to share with you my latest news. Firstly, I've been selected as an OETC (Oral Examiners Trainer and Coordinator). It's been decided after a long procedure of interviews with nearly all potential candidates in September. Before recruting several Russian OETCs,the decision had been made by the Cambridge ESOL to have more Russian involvement in the exams around Russia. Probably, you know that British involvement has dropped sharply after they had closed tha Study Center at the BC Moscow. So tomorrow I'm going to run my first Training with YLE trainees. I'm a bit anxious about it. Well, let us keep our fingers crossed for me. I've been busy lately doing my usual stuff - classes, CenterCom, preparing for seminars etc. The most exciting thing is that I've collected five CAE ESOL Certificates for my RSSU students who did the exam in June 2007. Results are very good - two Bs and three Cs. Well done. These girls are really good and I hope some of them w