Ten years since they started the war in Chechnya - today; 15 years since Andrei Sakharov died - in three days; I still have, like, half a ton of notes from last week but I can't bring myself to write a single word about the Orange Revolution anymore; I'm finally feeling better and will go out tomorrow; all I really want now is to be in Istanbul - will have to wait two more weeks... Here's an Istanbul photo from our last year's trip...