Good evening from the village Time flies and I didn't find the time to post the recent news. One reason for that is the ongoing construction site, but there is progress....I hope that I can soon live more routine and less improvisation. On July 18th we did our first G.O.R.K.I. seminar in Kasimov. The topic was a rural one: the village feeds the city. And Ryazan Oblast is an ideal example to discuss and improve the role of local production and local marketing. Kasimov by the way is famous for it's successful chocolate products. My thanks go to the Administration of Kasimov district, notably to Ivan Arkadevich Bahilov and his colleagues, to the governor's office in Ryazan, deputy minister for agriculture and to my colleagues from Ryazan university and SPbU. Vice Rector Viktor Titov who travelled just for the day by train was as always the perfect rapporteur. It was our pilot project, it went well, and we have common ground to continue. Though the renovation is still in full swing, I managed to host the guests from outside our region. It was a clear, sincere, and fruitful dialogue - not a series of monologues. #RussianVillage #Kasimov #RyazanOblast #agriculture