than 40 years old in russia are very concerned. the more that their soldiers come back home, the more real the consequences of war become. you have to understand that there s tens of thousands of soldiers in ukraine that are probably wondering why they were there for months. they thought that they were preparing for a military exercise. now they re killing people that have a common heritage, connections and now killing women and children. people that are just trying to live their daily lives. you can t stop the cell phones back from soldiers back home scratching their heads and you can t stop the troops getting to the russian people. when that happens, putin will have a lot of problems at home. he already has to explain why his economy has collapsed and closed the stock markets and why people are beginning to feel the pain, the kitchen table conversations in russia are going to start crediting putin for the pain that they re feeling.
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Keitra Bates stands outside of the original location of Marddy s in Atlanta. It s a shared kitchen where home cooks can prepare their goods, and collectively market them.
Entrepreneur Keitra Bates stands in a gleaming glass-front retail shop in a new development on the south side of Atlanta. We re looking at almost 2,000-sq-ft. of raw space, she says, pointing out the floor-to-ceiling windows that face onto Atlanta s popular Beltline, railways converted to trails and parks encircling the city.
This will soon be the second location for a business she started called Marddy s short for Market Buddies, a shared kitchen where home cooks can prepare their goods, and collectively market them.
Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR
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Keitra Bates stands outside of the original location of Marddy s in Atlanta. It s a shared kitchen where home cooks can prepare their goods, and collectively market them. Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR
Entrepreneur Keitra Bates stands in a gleaming glass-front retail shop in a new development on the south side of Atlanta. We re looking at almost 2,000-sq-ft. of raw space, she says, pointing out the floor-to-ceiling windows that face onto Atlanta s popular Beltline, railways converted to trails and parks encircling the city.
This will soon be the second location for a business she started called Marddy s short for Market Buddies, a shared kitchen where home cooks can prepare their goods, and collectively market them.