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Let us talk a bit about my busy schedule. Because of this, I must apologize to all my CAE and FCE students for cancelling our session on 15th of November. BC Potaupchuk asked me to go to Astrakchan in order to make two talks there for some teachers from the city and the region. I couldn't refuse and thus had to skip our last session. I'll be with you on November 22d, usual time. Let me tell you more about Astrakchan. It's a small city near the Volga River and the Caspic Sea, rich in fish, caviar, oil but above all, good people. Their chef - Olga Aleksandrovna, is a really friendly and pretty woman who helped us around and managed to gather 200 people in the lecture room. People were nice and friendly. Greeted us with beaming smiles, which is very rare in itself. I did my job well in the morning, so could relax after noon. The most striking thing, though was that the school was so amazingly well groomed and equipped that I even asked people there the question:"Why's

My native town Tbilisi is in big, big trouble. The crowds of demonstrators are being attacked by police with weapons and gases. Many people are in hospitals. I'm socked by this terrible news on TV and everywhere. My sister and two nieces (aged 21 and 23) live there, not to mention many other relatives and friends. How awful is the situation there! I can't say who is right and who is wrong, but the only thing a know is that many people live in really very poor conditions: no jobs, no money, no food, miserable existence, drugs and all this is true to a great many people apart from those few with real power.They say Russians are to blame for what's going on in Georgia but I don't believe them. Russia has many problems to solve here, in Russia. Let us pray for Georgia and Tbilisi. I love this country and this city as part of me is always there.