I stopped by my little produce stand today to pick up some clementines, and the Uzbek fruit vendor there wishes me a happy holiday.
'What holiday?' I ask.
"On the 20th, for the new president," he says.
8 hours ago
Saturday, January 17
Now we just need a manger and some swaddling clothes
A friend of Eve Fairbanks living in Moscow e-mails:
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