I’m 50% Russian so I was excited for this character and since the Petrovs are generally nice characters with the exception of the over blown FSB/KGB stereotype. What got under my skin the most is the multiple references to “cold Russians”, long lines for food, and the lack of maternal love. It was at that moment that I decided the author must not know any fresh immigrant Russians. Those stereotypes belong pre 1991 with the USSR. Moscow is a modern city and Russians are welcoming to strangers and especially loving to family and children. Despite those unnecessary political plot lines I enjoyed how loving and generous she made Slava out to be. Love the Alaska line, the Vegas line and this one as well