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Jonny Tickle

@jonnytickle.bsky.social
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Brit in Moscow since 2017. I post about life in Russia.

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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Big day for transport nerds: it’s the final day of the Moscow Monorail before it shuts down for good. I’ve ridden it before and it was completely empty, like a romantic ride where every couple gets their own pod. Today, the city’s come out to give it a send-off. Прощай, легенда!
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
ah shit, here we go again
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
May holidays at the dacha only mean one thing: manual labour
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Crazy situation in my housing complex in Moscow that shows the downsides of smart tech. The internet has been down for 24 hours. That would be fine, but the gates to the complex are internet activated, and the doors are opened with an app (or face), so nobody can get in! Madness
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Christmas Tree ➡️ Chinese New Year Tree ➡️ Maslenitsa Tree
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
77 million people voted for this guy
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Looks like COVID and then the war have been the death knell for Moscow’s Izmailovo Market. The last time I was here in 2019, every stall was open, and the place was full of foreign tourists.
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Chinese New Year in Moscow, with fake terracotta warriors
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Moscow is repurposing its Christmas trees for Chinese New Year by wrapping dragons and snakes around them
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
the perfect t-shirt to fit my very small niche
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Party in Sokolniki
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Always an honour to be invited to the British Ambassador’s residence in Moscow
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Moscow in the snow
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Always interesting to bump into some fellow Brits abroad in a Russian cemetery
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Paying my respects to the man responsible for my weight gain over the Russian holidays
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
туманный питер
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
I absolutely love watching PandaSakha, the Instagram/YouTube channel showing life and cooking in -55 degrees in Yakutia, Russia
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I love train rides in the Russian winter
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
First walk of 2025 around snowy St. Petersburg
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Anyone want a Khrushchevka, Brezhnevka or Stalinka construction set?
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Indoctrinating one Russian kid at a time 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
At my partner’s New Year party, the opening conversation is about a relative who died in Ukraine. The entire village is knocking on their door asking for money. The village is small, poor, and not Russian-speaking. The family received $30k after his death, which is a huge sum.
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Bluesky, I’m looking for book recommendations I’d like to read a non-fiction book on Russian history (any period), written in Russian. It should be available for purchase in Russia today, but not filled with nonsense or propaganda. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Christmas dinner made by chef @kotelnaya.bsky.social in Moscow
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
⬅️ New Year decorations outside Gorky Park in December 2022 ➡️ Today, same location, December 2024 Massive difference. Nothing war-related at all this year.
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
This evening I went on a walk through the centre of Moscow and noticed that the army recruitment billboards, posters and benches seem to have totally disappeared overnight It seems like they’ve been replaced by Moscow city government ads for events over the festive period
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Red Square market 🎄
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
First week of December in Moscow and it’s still above zero with no snow. Feels like Lancashire in January
Christmas tree in Moscow’s Lefortovo Park
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Very Lancashire weather in St. Petersburg today ☔️
Nevsky ProspektSpas na Krovi
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
12 years after construction began, the Lakhta Centre in St. Petersburg - the tallest skyscraper in Europe - is finally open to the public. Based on my experience today, it has become the city’s new popular photoshoot spot.
View of the Lakhta CentreInside the lobby of the Lakhta Centre
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Ice skating season has started in St. Petersburg
Rink at Sevkabel Port in St. Petersburg Restaurants by Sevkabel Port in St. Petersburg
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Just walked past this strange billboard in central Moscow showing ‘Xi Jinping’s Favourite Phrases’ This one says “Delicious soup is cooked by combining different ingredients”
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Nobody loves American-style consumer capitalism more than the Russians
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Christmas decorations starting to be put up around Moscow
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Inflation in Russia is outpacing the depreciation of the ruble, so we’re at a point where even the most ignorant Western expat will start to feel the insane price rises we’re seeing here 10,000 RUB basket in 2023 is now 12,800 RUB Even with the fall of the ruble, that’s grown from $112 to $128
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
finally, social media I don't need a VPN for
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Jonny Tickle @jonnytickle.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Looking for recommendations for good Russia-focused starter packs 👋
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