Ksenia Romantsova, a 28-year-old from St. Petersburg, Russia, gave birth to a baby daughter last year after moving to Buenos Aires. Instead, Kutlugildin and his partner left for Armenia, where they spent a few months working in a hostel before moving to Buenos Aires. Russian immigrants, many of whom don’t speak Spanish, have had to quickly adapt to soaring prices. Still, the 35-year-old Muscovite says he is happy in Buenos Aires, where his daughter was born last August. In Buenos Aires, she now runs a play center for Russian children, who on a recent day were learning to conjugate Spanish verbs.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 27, 2024 16:13 UTC