Russia is an amazing country covering 11 times zones and many cultures. For the person that suggested one could get sent to "the Gulag just for asking", America, you know "land of the free" has an incarceration rate of ⅓ higher than Russia.

There are gliding clubs in Russia and I have seen cloud streets covering the sky as far as you could see in any direction. Well worth checking it out.. I also remember a story in Soaring about the Russia team (three LAK 12's) getting towed to a contest by one AN-76 across several hundred miles of open ocean!

On Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 6:00:06 AM UTC-7, Chris Rollings wrote:
They'll probably send you to the Gulag just for asking.

At 11:43 25 April 2015, Bruce Hoult wrote:
I've this week moved from NZ to Moscow for possibly a couple of years
(Visa
and Work Permit say 3 years, but who knows?). I'm planning trips
(possibly
even just weekends) to Germany/Czech/Poland/Hungary in which I might get
my
gliding fix.

I rented an apartment yesterday, and today I look out my window and see
this:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDbzULUXIAAVHz0.jpg:large

(looking SSE from Polkovaya 20, the Kremlin is 5 km away, towards the
right
of the picture)

That looks worth getting a launch for. But is there any around here? That
don't require a fast jet medical and endless paperwork to participate?