A Los Angeles Times correspondent in Moscow, Cary Goldberg (a US citizen), and a military analyst from the Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Abraham Vaya (a Nigerian citizen) are visiting the program.
The issue is dedicated to foreigners who come to Russia to study and work.
What do all these people face?
How does their life and world perception change, depending on the strength of this encounter?
What to do with manifestations of racism in the case of a misunderstanding of the "mysterious Russian soul"?
Does Russian humor help in life?
These and many other questions are answered by the guests and participants of the program from among the spectators.
The program includes excerpts from the films "The Formula of Love" (1984, directed by Mikhail Zakharov), "The Eyes Black" (1987, directed by Nikolai Mikhalkov), "The Autumn Marathon" (1979, director G.N. Danelia), as well as a fragment of the CNN news story about supporters and opponents of Western influence on Russian culture.