I hope even though it hardly matters. And “so that I could feel better” is a lame excuse for wanting something. Total helplessness. Two comments I left on other social media.
I am contemplating renouncing my Russian citizenship (I am a dual citizen). The only thing which stops me is that the total cost of the formal process is about $1K, and I do not want to give it to the Russian government
In addition to $1K, there are several pieces of documentation that are close to impossible to obtain, so this cry is unfortunately only wishful thinking.
And another on the Instagram:
It was sad to observe yesterday that only the Ukrainian community rallied against the aggression, but I hope that it will change today, and a whole city will rise to condemn the invasion
There were two horrible comments which I removed and blocked the author. I do not want to write anything on Russian social media.
My name is Henrietta (Hettie) Dombrovskaya. I was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russian (actually, back then – Leningrad, USSR) in 1963, and immigrated to the United States in 1996.
I love Saint Petersburg, the city I was born and raised in, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful places in the world. Similarly (but differently) I love Chicago, and can’t imagine myself moving somewhere else in the observable future.
I have three children, Igor, Vlad and Anna, all adults living on their own, and one (so far) granddaughter Nadia. I also believe that my children are the best thing that happened in my life.
As for my professional life, I am working in the field of Information Technologies. When I was twenty, I’ve declared that the databases are the coolest thing invented and that I want to do them for the rest of my life. Thirty plus years later, I still believe it’s true, and still, believe that the databases are the best. These two statements together imply that I think a person can have it all, and indeed, I think so! Keep reading my journals to find out how I did it.
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I am still in the emotional state, cannot wrap my head around it. On top of it, hardly surprising but still very sad, there is a family issue, and I am sure we are not the only ones: my family is in Russia and my late aunt’s family is in Ukraine. My sister and our cousin had always been very close since they were kids. Now they are not talking. I was just on whatsapp with one and then the other – it is shocking how differently they view the situation and the facts. I force myself to stay patient and talk to my sister about other things, I just cannot stand it.
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I am still in the emotional state, cannot wrap my head around it. On top of it, hardly surprising but still very sad, there is a family issue, and I am sure we are not the only ones: my family is in Russia and my late aunt’s family is in Ukraine. My sister and our cousin had always been very close since they were kids. Now they are not talking. I was just on whatsapp with one and then the other – it is shocking how differently they view the situation and the facts. I force myself to stay patient and talk to my sister about other things, I just cannot stand it.
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