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It has been more than 37 years since I was last in Moscow. I went to Russia in March of 1974, when Western relationships with a cold-war era Soviet Union were being thawed by hockey summits. Our grade 12 history teacher found a special way to bring life to a curriculum looking at the “History of Revolutions.”<\/p>\n

We had a broad cultural immersion that week. I recall learning to drink vodka shots in a loud disco in our hotel in\u00a0Leningrad (as St. Petersburg was then called), arguing about whether (current Canadian Senator) Frank Mahovlich<\/a> was really Russian. I recall the fun we had with their mispronunciation of his name, claiming it was really\u00a0\u041c\u0430\u0445\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447\u00a0[Maholovich], so we responded with our index finger raised:\u00a0\u00a0\u041c\u0430\u0445\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447\u00a0\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043d,\u00a0\u041a\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u043e\u0434\u0438\u043d. I still proudly display my collection of pins from trading Bazooka chewing gum with people on the streets.<\/p>\n

There were other extra-curricular activities that are best shared at a later time.<\/p>\n

Next Sunday, I am going back to a very different Moscow,\u00a0en route\u00a0to the Baikonur Cosmodrome for the launch of the world’s most advanced communications satellite<\/a>. It has been a while since I have been this excited about a business trip.\u00a0Xplornet<\/a> is partnering to dramatically increase the amount of capacity available for rural and remote broadband service, enabling far faster speeds at a more attractive price point.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned last week<\/a>, Xplornet has a special website (4gsatellite.ca<\/a>) that allows you to share in the excitement as launch day approaches. The space shot itself will be streamed to a live feed on\u00a0that site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I don’t expect to be arguing about hockey in the hotel bar, but one of the Russian phrases we learned 37 years ago will still come in handy: “\u0432\u043e\u0434\u043a\u0438, \u043f\u043e\u0436\u0430\u043b\u0443\u0439\u0441\u0442\u0430”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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