Actual problems in Moscow

Let's look at it in terms of WB (What Blows?) and WCBD (What Can Be Done?)

Firstly, Moscow is foreigner-unfriendly. Los Russos love their weird characters of course, but how about putting some notes in plain English around the city out of sheer mercy?

(WB) Everything you read on the street is in cyrillics.

(WCBD) Free obligatory courses on reading Russian characters ran by a group of volunteers in Domodedovo (No sir, you can't have your luggage yet. This reads "sch" not "ts". Try again).

OK, I'm kidding. How about getting someone like Artyom Gorbunov together with someone in charge of city planning in Moscow Duma and seeing to it that they come to an agreement? Anyone well-connected here?

Secondly, watching an non-dubbed foreign movie in Moscow is a quest for the Holy Grail. There is 35mm cinema, of course, but it appears to be the only one, and besides, they show subtitles. (And I won't elaborate on the gaping absence of B-movie theatres in this part of the globe).

(WB) Almost all movies shown in Moscow cinemas are dubbed into Russian.

(WCBD) I'm lost here. Perhaps there should be a way of letting the big guys behind the movie industry know that non-dubbed movies are in fact in demand. Some kind of poll/survey/focus group might help.

Thirdly, there are no quick service (as opposed to fast food, i.e. yucky) vegetarian cafes. The only affordable veggie spot downtown I can think of is Jagannath, but it doesn't serve takeaway, and you are limited to a number of dishes available on each day as opposed to creating one's meal from scratch as suggested by i.e. Maoz Vegetarian. Can't we have a variety of small ayurvedic/krishnaist/macrobiotic etc cafes serving various, delicious, convenient food?

(WB) Lack of quick service healthy food cafes.

(WCBD) I can't see any other way than just opening one (or five), or at least giving one's opulent friend an idea of such a smart investment.

More coming soon.