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Last week, the Rotary Club of Dover had the opportunity to bring in a Russian Journalist Panel to discuss The Friendship Force Club of NH Seacoast program.
Last week, the Rotary Club of Dover had the opportunity to bring in a Russian Journalist Panel to discuss The Friendship Force Club of NH Seacoast program.
This is is 1 of 350 Clubs set on building international friendships. In collaboration with the Open World exchange program, the Friendship Force and members of Congress have engaged with groups of current and future leaders from the Soviet Union. The club houses members of the exchange in their homes. One of our Rotarians, Jim Verschueren has done this four times and the program director, Gary Cilley helped in making the connections. It’s a terrific experience that included a tour and were introduced to the region including the Black Heritage Trail in Portsmouth. They met with Seacoast Media Group, Union Leader, Portsmouth Herald and a local blogger, radio, TV and print journalist. Yevgeniy Rozhkov “Thank you for the invitation and the delicious lunch.” He doesn’t like to talk about himself. He is a 32-year-old journalist from Moscow. Yuliya Kucherenko “Thank you for the warm welcome”. She was born, raised and lives in Karelia, which is not far from St. Petersburg and close to Finland. There is no ocean where she lives, but it is still very beautiful. She works as a TV Journalist for a medium-size company.
Marina Igumnova said "When holding the microphone, I think I am supposed to sing.” She is 28 years old and lives close to Mongolia and to demonstrate the distance. She traveled six hours by plane to meet her fellow journalists in Moscow to travel to the USA. Marina came to the US to try to break up stereotypes about our countries. “Maybe it sounds strange, but NH reminds me of Siberia, cold, snow, sunshine and warm people.
Sofya Mokhova was born in Siberia. Sofya went to St. Petersburg for her degree, she covers politics in a city of 5 million people. Due to understaffing, she also writes about soccer. Soccer is the most popular sport. She has been to the US before but never to New England. She agreed it feels close to Siberian weather. “We know about American culture,” she said, “and we are very much the same, we listen to the same music and share other similarities.
