Daria’s First School Year
Her first proper class, her first teacher and her first whole-class photograph. After a wonderful time at The Forest Oasis Nursery, Daria begins a new chapter — now at Raffles World Academy alongside her brothers.
Daria Nevskaya
My youngest daughter, Dasha. She is growing up in Dubai, speaks Russian and English, and knows her own mind
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Between zoom and siren: how Dubai is getting used to life under the gun
Ten minutes between “take shelter now” and “all clear.” These screenshots aren’t stills from a thriller — this is daily life in Dubai, 2026. While the skies decide the fate of regions, we balance work calls and emergency alerts from MOI. Hard? Yes. But people adapt to everything
International Day at School
This time the children themselves and their nanny went to International Day at Raffles World Academy school and I arrived only at the end for a couple of hours and the first quest was to find the children, since they were scattered around the entire perimeter
From Dubai with a British seal of approval: a new stage in your legal career!
We celebrated Ira’s graduation from the Law programme at Middlesex University Dubai — two and a half long years, but she did it and finally earned her dream: a British diploma. A great day, the whole family together. An incredible ceremony at Royal Atlantis on the Palm
Children suddenly lit a fire on the ground without any warning
As soon as you turn away, you come into the garden, and there are children making a fire with all their might, burning wood and paper and cardboard and declaring that they are very happy and they are children and therefore they simply have to light a fire!
Operation “Parental Bed Takeover”
Dasha is already asleep, Sanya is as happy as if it were his idea from the very beginning, Kostya holds a strategic position deep in the frame, and we parents have officially lost control of our own bed.
Interface of my life
Children are my best UX test, emigration is the main redesign, family is an honest product team. I live between the bay and the desert, children’s school and a laptop with Figma. I write about life and design: honestly, with failures and discoveries, without gloss and instructions
Dasha in Antonia: pizza, pasta and a little art
The best pasta in Abu Dhabi, worth coming back for again and again. If you’re looking for a place loved by Michelin and adored by kids — head to Antonia. While Dasha draws masterpieces in chalk, we savour the authentic Italy worth leaving Dubai for on a weekend
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