Amazing how quickly things can change!
That trip is absolutely marvelous…
greg_mp wrote:
That trip is absolutely marvelous…
Will never happen again. Not in our lifetime….
Whether it’s appropriate to show in the current situation everyone has to know for himself.
Mooney_Driver wrote:
Will never happen again. Not in our lifetime….
It was on my bucket list! IAP into St.Petersburg… :(
Not going to happen.
Won’t say entire lifetime for all of us, but it will definitely be done for the upcoming decades.
Never say never – just imagine that a certain leader in Russia has a car accident tomorrow and the liberal forces will use this discontinuity to end the war and build a true democracy. Borders will open up and we will have a great relationship…
Yes, I know I‘m dreaming – but who would have thought in 85 that we can freely fly to Dresden, Weimar or Stralsund „in our lifetime“ ?!?
Malibuflyer wrote:
Yes, I know I‘m dreaming – but who would have thought in 85 that we can freely fly to Dresden, Weimar or Stralsund „in our lifetime“ ?!?
Well, a certain gentleman flew from Helsinki to Moscow in 1987! :)))
Was that freely in 1987 or did he get arrested?
There is also the point that the Finnish-Russian border has been quite relaxed almost as far back as Kruschev.
gallois wrote:
Was that freely in 1987 or did he get arrested?
Of course Mathias Rust was arrested, hence the smiley face!
gallois wrote:
Was that freely in 1987 or did he get arrested?
There is also the point that the Finnish-Russian border has been quite relaxed almost as far back as Kruschev.
Certainly not freely. He flew without permission or flight plan or anything. Heads were rolling in the Soviet military afterwards. It was an advantage for Gorbatchev who got a reason to rid himself of hardliners who were opposed to his policies. Rust were in prison for a bit over a year.
