Sometimes life, as smooth as the tarmac of a German autobahn, gives out unpredictable turns and meetings that radically change your lines in the palm of your hand. Sheremetyevo. Tacos: Back in 2003, my good friends: Regina and Marina, asked me to give the lift from the airport to their friend DJ from Mexico, who arrives in Russia to look around, and what the hell, …

In December 2017 we published the opinion of the coaches of Spain and the USA about the boxing in the Dominican Republic (https://lagente.do/en/boxing-dominicana/  https://lagente.do/en/roman-anuchin/ ) From which we realized that it is very little known by the general public and the participants of this fascinating sport and professionals about the boxing in the Dominican Republic. This prompted the idea about the …

We met with the Russian coach Roman Anuchin in one of the high-mountains gyms of Benidorm in Spain. After Alexei Galeev, the coach who was repairing the “broken style” of the boxer after living and training in America, Russian boxer-professional Dmitry Chudinov trains here, in Benidorm, with Roman, under the strict supervision of his English manager. Spain is not the …

Interview with Roman Karmazin, Recorded by Andrei Prokhorov, ROMAN KARMAZIN: (information from Wikipedia) “Roman Alexandrovich Karmazin (January 2, 1973, Kuznetsk, Penza region, Russia) is a former Russian boxer–professional who played in the middleweight category.The World Champion in the 1st middle (IBF version, 2005-2006) weight category. Became the owner of seven champion belts. [1] According to him: everything that he had …

The Russian “Roth Front”, the Belgian “Leonidas”, the Belarusian “Bolshevichka”, Swiss or French chocolate cookers can share the most sophisticated secrets of making handmade chocolate. (Unless, of course, the prescription is not classified) From adding a pinch of cayenne pepper to add a piquant taste to replacing sugar with xylitol for diabetics. However, none of them will tell you about …

1. Let’s Go Bachata? Not many people know that Bachata is a native Dominican dance. Rhythms, movements and plastic are inherited by Dominican children with mother’s milk and accompany them all their life. This can be seen when visiting a kindergarten (collegio, “collehio”), on matinees or birthdays in Dominican families. Here for example is one of them: Arriving to the …

Interview with Anton Velikanov, author of sandsign.com (sandsign.ru) Recorded by Andrei Prokhorov. Clay tablets with the letters of the Tutankhamun times successfully passing centuries have come down to our days. Use the Egyptians sand – the wisdom of centuries would hardly survive the nearest tide. Fortunately, today, thanks to high technologies, the Internet, photos, browsers and Anton Velikanov, the phrases on …

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If you refer to Wikipedia, you may discover that: Carnival is the most important and transcendent festivity of Dominican popular culture. Carnival is a recreational celebration of freedom, integration and identity. The masks, the exaggeration, the sarcasm, the unusual, the satirical, the unpublished, the bold, the grotesque and the imaginary are fundamental parts of the carnival. In the Dominican Republic …

If you’re like me, you’ve had at least one nightmare where your motorcycle gets stolen. The closest encounter I’ve had was when my neighbour got his CBR stolen, while mine was parked less than 10 meters (30 feet) away. MFW I heard what happened the next morning: The same evening I came back home at around 12am, and sat next …