Points East I am going to tell you some stories involving Russia and Ukraine today. These stories are for the most part light-hearted ones, so let me say from the start that I mean no disrespect to the people who have lost their lives, their homes or their family members due to the recent invasion, and I am in no way underrating the recent tragedy. Since the Aberfan disaster, no one can hear the name of that little Welsh town without thinking of the dreadful day when the pit slag heap engulfed the school. Mariupol looks like it might join it as one of those place names that always conjures up a horror. ***************************** In th...