It’s a story I hear regularly…Karina came to Moscow from one of the former Soviet republics to earn money to help her grandson. She wants him to study in Europe, so she labors here – cooking and cleaning – to set aside money for his education. The Russian economic recession not only means that the rubles she earns buy less foreign currency needed for her grandson’s study, but it means she earns fewer rubles as she has fewer clients these days. She is hoping to stick it out another year or two at the most and return home to see her family for first time in a decade.