The menu at the Spice House Russian Restaurant in Phuket, Thailand. Russian ravioli, winter salad, baked mussels and borsch

The menu at the Spice House Russian Restaurant in Phuket, Thailand in August 2017. Russian ravioli, winter salad, baked mussels and borsch

The menu at the Spice House Russian Restaurant in Phuket, Thailand. Beetroot fish salad and honey cake

The menu at the Spice House Russian Restaurant in Phuket, Thailand in August 2017. Beetroot fish salad and honey cake

A delicious beetroot fish pie I had in a Russian restaurant in Phuket, Thailand

A delicious beetroot fish pie I had in a Russian restaurant in Phuket, Thailand in August 2017

Thin Russian woman in a bikini on Taichai Island in Thailand

Thin Russian woman in a bikini on Taichai Island in Thailand in May 2016

A T-34 tank at the Russian (Soviet) World War 2 memorial (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal) in Berlin, Germany

A T-34 tank at the Russian (Soviet) World War 2 memorial (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal) in Berlin, Germany in February 2014.

Russian (Soviet) World War 2 memorial (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal) in Berlin, Germany

Russian (Soviet) World War 2 memorial  (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal) in Berlin, Germany in February 2014.

Memorial to fallen Soviet soldiers in Budapest, Hungary

Memorial to fallen Soviet soldiers in Budapest, Hungary in January 2014

Proud to be Russian

A sticker in the historic old town square in Prague, Czech Republic, in February 2014. Proud to be Russian

Hot Russian

Pretty Russian woman at Phuket airport, Thailand in February 2012

USSR restaurant

USSR restaurant sign at Pantai Kok, Langkawi, Malaysia in June 2011

Modelling at Maya Beach

Russian woman posing at Maya Beach, Thailand in February 2012

Russian beauty

Russian woman in a bikini posing in the water at Maya Beach, Phi Phi, southern Thailand in February 2012

Russian

A Russian type sticker in Civic, Canberra in May 2011

Kremlin Bar

Kremlin Bar in Civic, Canberra in July 2011

Russian Accent

Russian Accent restaurant in Glen Huntly Road, Melbourne in September 2010

Russian dolls

Russian (Babushka, Matryoshka) dolls in a shop in the Royal Arcade in Melbourne in September 2010

Black and white portrait

Anastasia at the San Jao Phaw Khao Yai Chinese Temple in Ko Si Chang, Thailand, October 2008

On a songtaew

Pictures taken on a songtaew at Ko Si Chang, Thailand, in October 2008. In the photos are Anastasia, the driver's daughter, Sasha and Alex

Anastasia

Anastasia at Ko Si Chang, Thailand, in October 2008.

Sasha and Anastasia at Sri Racha

Sasha and Anastasia in Sri Racha in Thailand, photographed in October 2008