Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Linda Kimstler: The Russia-Ukraine conflict could tear my family apart
Children play as a man watches tv, all of them refugees from Sloviansk city, at a rest house for the miners in Snizhne city on June 17, 2014.
There's a Russian proverb that advises, "The less you speak, the wiser you'll be." Many others offer similar counsel, such as "Talk, but don't blab" and "I'd talk some more, but a neighbor's at the door." In other words: Keep your mouth shut. My family of Soviet émigrés taught me to follow that advice -especially when it comes to politics. It's no wonder, then, that two of my relatives living on opposite sides of the Russia-Ukraine conflict are barely speaking to each other right now.