This is a blog about Russia and the mind-melting weirdness that has been occurring in this nation for many, many years.

Edward Slavsquat is a moniker sometimes used by Riley Waggaman, an American blogger and co-founder of the Edward Institute for Village Studies, Novgorod Oblast’s most prestigious, unaccredited institution for higher village learning. He was forced to abandon his Russian village in August 2025.

Email: riley (dot) waggaman (at) gmail.com.

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Be well and thanks for reading,

Riley

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