Chapt. 159 – 1832 words
Sergei loses $ 27,000! Apr. 1st in August
MOSCOW, August 17, 2005 -- 1997 hits

Old story: Where’s Sergei?
Nailing Tioufline?
Avian flu
Siberia melting
Home – without money
Half the rent
Uncle Sasha – another hated cop
April fool!

Chapt. 250 – 2,676 words
Second attempt at a gay parade thwarted
MOSCOW, May 28, 2007 -- 2390 hits

Moscow heat setting records
Moscow-EU summit points up repression
Putin’s hatred of Estonia explained
Gay “parade” again suppressed
Russians getting shorter
More sightings of Finish piska
…and new commitment from Igor
Blond Alex with the big dick exits
Apartment crisis resolved – I’m staying

Chapt. 338
Sciatica for my 82nd birthday
Somewhere in northern Spain, July 11, 2015 – 2075 hits

Sciatica gives me a birthday present I didn't want
Still working on my Spanish residency
Gay in Russia forces column blackout
Methane presence exploding in environment
October will see debt crisis start hitting
Former Moscow boyfriend existing in Ukraine
Greece is latest bankster victim

Chapt. 320 - 3 781 words
Sasha’s coming in November :-)
Somewhere in northern Spain, September 25, 2011 -- 3019 hits

Fiesta Queen

Chapt. 267 – 2,213 words
Russian Sputnik launched 50 years ago
MOSCOW, October 2, 2007 -- 2296 hits

Putin’s Youth patrols will keep Russia “stabilized”
While his mysteries preoccupy Russian politics
Igor still in Moldova
Zhorik’s long distance affection persists
“Gemeroi” is a pain in the ass
50th Sputnik anniversary sparks nostalgia

Chapt. 211 – 3533 words
Russian response to Euro Court: Shut down NGOs
MOSCOW, July 30, 2006 -- 2925 hits

Moscow shivers while Europe, US, scorch
Bikes prolong life, bad for environment
Euro court forces Russia to face up to sins
…But Russia has other ideas
How to get a law passed in Russia
…And wring more money from hapless Russians
Searching for a pillow in Tivat
…And maybe Slovakia
UK’s Gay Times quotes the Red Queen
Vindictive Russian bureaucracy strikes again
Hugo and Vlad share weapons and suspicion of NGOs

Chapt. 206 – 4199 words
Russian medical ineptitude puts me in funk
MOSCOW, June 25, 2005 -- 6270 hits

Alex and I finally meet for sex – later
Red Queen column accidentally goes to Hong Kong
Russian docs: Surgery now!
New student plays interpreter
…Surgery comes off the menu
Sex tag with Igor continues
At last: Sex with Alex – and Alexander
Basil: Let’s go to St. Pete
Putin anti-corruption drive: political ploy?
Patriotism filling Russian ideology void

Chapt. #147 – 1954 words
Russian Justice? “Equal Opportunity Bribery”
MOSCOW, July 17, 2005 -- 2754 hits

Honest judges? “Relatively”
Honest twins? Relative-ly
Russia, China, order US out of mid-East
China drops “N” word
Barbecue at student Anton’s

Chapt. 42 - 2270 words
Russian hatred; my paranoia
MOSCOW, February 4, 2004 –- 2200 hits

Danish reporter denied entry for Chechnya reporting
Russians’ hatred of Chechnya
FSB complicity in Moscow bombings
Yegor & I celebrate 6th mo. anniversary

Chapt. 247 – 4,350 words
Russian bear roars again on Victory Day
MOSCOW, May 8, 2007 -- 2356 hits

Imperial Russia rumbles over an Estonian monument
Zhorik writes me a love poem…
…While relationship with Igor rides a roller coaster
…that soars into outer space
…which complicates Peter fantasy

Chapt. 292 - 3,710 words
Russia: “Best Place to Live? - “Bullshit”
MOSCOW, March 30, 2009 -- 2552 hits

Alone-except for Missy and the snow
Progress toward Spain slow against the bureaucracies
Capitalism dying? What will the world look like in 10 years?
What does the economic crisis look like in Russia?
"Russia best place to live in 10 years" - "bullshit"
says student
Kremlin fears revolution – and they may be right, says researcher

Chapt. #105 – 1520 words
Russia: “The Place to Be” As Oil Ratchets Down
MOSCOW, February 17, 2005 –- 2842 hits

Andrei crashes the car
Lots of cancellations, but still paying rent
Alexei’s phone call
Losing my lust?
Putin a little frantic over velvet revolutions
Russia “place to be” for peak oil
Bruce Harris’s new painting splurge

Chapt. 230 – 2466 words
Russia: “most important” events of year don’t include Litvinenko
Moscow, Christmas Day, 2006 -- 2382 hits

Christmas Day 2006 – a non-occasion
Enter: The year of the pig
Sergei’s devotion compensates for a lot
Headed for a reunion with Zhorik
Local thieves strike again
Most significant events of ’06?
Is Igor going to make it to Spain or am I “el Ranger solo”?

Chapt. 22 – 2012 words
Russia, land of opportunity – for hustlers
MOSCOW, Nov. 5, 2003 -- 2288 hits

Landlady gives me Misha’s smoking gun
Larceny – Andrei Tioufline
Money replaces communism as Russian ideology
“New Russian” joke – di Caprio in my aquarium

Chapt. 232 – 3,915 words
Reunion with Zhorik nails down future
MOSCOW, January 21, 2007 -- 2351 hits

To Siberia and Zhorik
Finding a place to stay
Zhorik in civvies
Bed with Zhorika non-event
Shopping for more civvies
A bath brings everything back
Celebrating Russian Xmas with an orgasm
Back to home sweet home
And mixed reception from Igor

Chapt. 299 - 2,086 words
Renewing my visa (maybe) in Andorra
Galicia, Spain, March 15, 2010 -- 2885 hits

Fiesta Queen

Chapt. 277 - 2869 words
Remodels: The apartment and Sasha
MOSCOW, February 14, 2008 -- 2255 hits

Nice to be missed
Apartment is getting remodeled
Sasha reappears
And revitalizes my life
With Igor a step behind
Zhorik may have serious problems
I vote for Obama

Chapt. 295 - 2,548 words
Remembering Russia
Somewhere in Northern Spain, January 27, 2010 -- 3001 hits

Cooking in Spain
Crying over Misha
Russia today -- and why I left
Irina's lover dead -- life is not fair

Chapt. 161 – 2166 words
Red Queen’s global family; Russia’s energy non-crisis
MOSCOW, August 28, 2005 -- 2951 hits

Red Queen family growing
Good things – even in Russia
U.S. – Russian differences in heating costs
David the barber reappears

Chapt. 209 – 3,378 words
Red Queen gets hacked by terrorists
MOSCOW, July 18, 2006 -- 2408 hits

Killing Chechen terrorist sparks RQ hack
Was the killing really planned?
Or a lucky accident?
PNB gets boot over shoes
Russian appetite for fakes
Well gol-lee! Sex trade is tawdry
Igor fantasy fed by booze
Bicycle adds zest
Peter may buy one too!
Zhorik is stationed “almost in China”
Visa renewed despite friendship with dissident
Former colleague – and HK Harry -- giving up on Russia