I belong to Postcrossing and many of the active members are from Russia and Ukraine. It has been an interesting year for them and for the administrators of the group. I recently received two cards that tell stories that we don’t read in our media.

This card is from Moscow it says in part: “And you should know that peaceful people live in Russia, but the government has gone crazy.”

This one is from Crimea. It has Russian stamps but the Postcrossing code (the UA in the top left) is from the Ukraine.

To complete the postcard theme here are images of the fronts of the cards: