{"id":169154,"date":"2016-09-18T22:37:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T02:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=169154"},"modified":"2016-09-18T22:40:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T02:40:42","slug":"on-hearing-dominicas-pm-skerrit-and-the-ambassador-of-the-russian-federation-to-dominica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/on-hearing-dominicas-pm-skerrit-and-the-ambassador-of-the-russian-federation-to-dominica\/","title":{"rendered":"On hearing Dominica\u2019s PM Skerrit and The Ambassador of The Russian Federation To Dominica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(I\u2019ve longed for the announcement touching \u2018activation\u2019 of diplomatic relations between Commonwealth of Dominica and Russia. Diplomatic relations were established between the two since 1996 by way of the United Workers Party government. Part of the longing is probably rooted in the 2014 chapter written into \u201cCalypso Drift,\u201d with its uncanny appeal to uncover a flora and fauna symbiosis between Russia and the Nature Isle despite distance. I even had the audacity to call Russia Creole! As Dominica\u2019s 2016 Independence celebrations drew near, the Creole Prime Minister of that 289.5 sq mile island-state, would be welcoming Russia. Russia, at 6.602 million square miles,\u00a0 is the largest country in the world. Russia \u201ccovers 9 time zones<\/a>, all climate zones except tropical, with land that stretches almost halfway around the planet and a population of 138,082,178\u201d http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/asia\/ru.htm<\/a>.\u00a0The second reason why I longed for these two special countries to officially be friends is active fire in my memory. While a student at University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada I was appointed to head a Residence at Canterbury College. At the end of my stint I was asked to choose a gift-item at the university\u2019s bookstore and I selected \u201cLand Of The Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia\u201d by Suzanne Massie. Its communism did not attract me. Its awesome mythology did. What follows was my drift \u2013 my sounding \u2013 on Russia and its possible influences, as it ran through my consciousness just under three years ago. Its small and precious, light and heavy!).<\/p>\n