About

The Eagle and the Crescent

What do Nahodka and Svetlogorsk, Ladoga and Mehri, St Petersburg and Makhachkala, Grozny and Istanbul, Moscow and Damascus have in common?

GreatEastVibes is a travel blog about two apparently incompatible worlds: former Soviet Space and Middle East.

Il Grande Est

Che diavolo hanno in comune Nahodka e Svetlogorsk, Ladoga e Mehri, Pietroburgo e Makhachkala, Grozny e Istanbul, Mosca e Aleppo?

GreatEastVibes è un blog di viaggio su due mondi apparentemente incompatibili: l’ex spazio sovietico e il Medio Oriente o la grande Umma – fino al selvaggio Est. Saltellando dall’uno all’altro, nella speranza di non lasciar nulla indietro.

THE AUTHOR

Lucia Sgueglia is a free lance writer based in Moscow since 2007. She works as a correspondent for several italian medias covering mainly Russia and and CIS countries, with a special focus on Northern Caucasus, Islam in Russia and former Soviet Union, Cultural and social issues.

She is a member of  Lettera 22, an Association of independent journalists based in Rome, Italy, founded in 1993 and working as a news, analysis and reportage service.