alexi and the rufina came to moscow from a provincial town in search of a better life they found employment with a leading magazine and rented a flat in the city center but their first son was born with an illness and they had no wish to stuff him with modern medication choosing instead to cut out chemicals from their daily life. yeah. i was overjoyed to know that i had cast away a heavy load of totally unnecessary things just to shun them you. just having to do that here to certain rules to live up to the expectations of society conform to accepted notions of. or the middle class and so on and so forth what's the difference you need to be what you are rather than put on a show. alexei's still travels to moscow for work after giving up his magazine job he went into the business of giving apartments ecological facelift this means using clay solutions with coloring agent instead of paints and a mixture of paper sand and clay the place is plaster natural materials are only just beginning to be fashionable in russia so i would say he hasn't got many customers so far but for him it's not just bu