I'm back from Moscow. Sorry I didn't have time to blog. The entire trip was spent running around Moscow shooting everything that moved. The best parts were the honey festival, the homely food market in Ivanovo, the fabric factory and the interview with a top Kremlin official. The worst part was all of the bureaucratic harassment. The camera was almost confiscated on multiple occasions. In the Ivanovo mall, Anya had to convince the guards that we were just practicing, not actually shooting video, which was why the camera had no tape. In realty, Simon took the tape and ran off when we saw the guards coming. On Friday, I edited for 12 hours straight to get the piece to Newshour on time. It was a ton of work, but lots of fun.