Sergei update

Yo so just talked to senior constable Harrison at Brisbane Police. They seem pretty laid back there. I wouldn't mind being a Brisbane cop. Maybe I should apply. Then I called the Russian consulate point person in Brisbane but she was not at all helpful. Although she could speak English.

Apparently the boss of the FSB (the Federal Police in Russia) is Alexander Bortkinov... I wouldn't expect him to get involved in this case due to being so high up but I am hoping someone under him will get back to me. I found their website very user friendly and practical.  They do stipulate to address them in Russian with Cyrillic so I did that. Some possible mistranslation. The website seems intuitive as it notified me someone in the ministry of Culture would get my message:

http://government.ru/en/department/113/


Hey. Sorry, I do not know the Russian language. My friend from Russia. Sergey Cherkov. He died in Brisbane, Australia, October 8, 2018. His death is not considered suspicious. His father and sister in Russia should be notified. I think that his father lives in Ulan-Ude in Siberia. You can contact the police in Brisbane indicating QP1801870751 rooms. They would be happy to receive your contact information to his father, Mr. Cherkova in Ulan-Ude. You can also send me an email at Benjamin.Alvarez81@gmail.com.




You know. I have only really known three full blooded ethnic Russians. Although my kids are all a quarter Russian.  The first one was a girlfriend in Hollywood California, Helen. We dated for around six weeks before she went home to St Petersburg. I'd just spent a big part of the summer in the desert in Arizona (2006). Sergei, my Aries buddy that just died. We mostly contacted electronically from long distances but he was definitely friendly. He hosted my wife and I in Brisbane in like 2012 or earlier and we hosted him in western sydney earlier this year. And my mother in law Vladimirovna. A lot of people don't like their mother in law. Doesn't mean they're racist.

So remember I mentioned my old schoolboy days buddy Josh, around when Sergei died? Well I haven't seen him in over twenty years but we're going to catch up this Saturday!  Can you believe that? He once flew me over the house I'm in now in a Cessna around 1994/95 or earlier. Hopefully another one of our buddies will be joining us. This other guy was like my first out of home buddy.... I used to walk like a mile to get to his house when I was like five years old to hang out with him. Haven't seen him since like 1998 and most likely neither has Josh. 

Check out this music video. That's cool. Having a fancy meal outside Tiffany's in Manhattan.  They should do that on Fox news ... get butlers and decanters and stuff and eat outside. Makes me want to know the Russian word for plate and dish/meal.

https://youtu.be/1ClCpfeIELw