Cold borscht, hot resentment

Parishioners taking a meal at the Holy Trinity Church in Phuket, after a Russian Orthodox Mass. As Phuket’s Russian community has grown, so has local resentment over Russians amassing properties, opening businesses and – critics say – abusing the country’s visa policy to work illegally. — Lauren DeCicca/The New York Times

EKATERINA Mittsel ran through her six-year-old daughter’s schedule as she waited at the school pickup line in Thailand’s tropical heat.

Mondays are for choir practice, Tuesdays and Thursdays for gymnastics. Wednesdays and Saturdays are for Russian lessons – just in case the family ever decides to return home.