COVER N. 698 - RUSSIA

Postmark: ПОЧТА РОССИИ (Russia Post) - KM 652305 КEMEP. ОБЛ. 28.02.2026

Posted on the 28th February;  Received on the 26th March 2026

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t's been a while since I got mail from Russia, so I was quite pleased to see this large envelope in my letterbox. большое спасибо, Sergej.

I only wished that whenever I get a cover from Russia, I could set aside the awkward feeling that  the State, in abstract, surely not the people, evokes in me, now that 4 years have already passed from the fatidic day when the aggression on Ukraine began.

The world has changed quite a lot since the beginning of this unjustified war, and other absurd and just as or even more cruel aggressions have taken place in the world, with Europe, my Europe, most times, sadly and hypocritically turning a blind eye on them, 

The amount of suffering and hatred that is being generated these days by absolute lunatics driven by imperialistic desiderata,  delusions of grandeur or self-determined religious supremacy is beyond belief, and we all know where that leads to, for hate only generates more hate...

So let's think of letters, those simple well intentioned physical means of communication between people, as olive branches....  white doves are known to land on them!

 

- The 80 Ruble stamp, illustrated with an image of Moscow's Red Square and the legend МОЯ РОССИЯ (My Russia) was issued on 25NOV2025.

- The 50 Ruble stamp was issued on 26AUG2025 in celebration of the the fiftieth anniversary of the town of Kogalym, located in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast, in Siberia. The town was established in 1975 as a consequence of the exploitation of oil fields existent in the area.

The Postmark was applied at the town of Topki  in the Kemerovskaya Oblast, in southwestern Siberia.