Made between 2005 and 2019, the work challenges the conventional narrative of East versus West and offers a striking visual exploration of life in post-industrial America and Russia. The author uncovers unexpected similarities between the two nations, forcing us to question our assumptions and rethink geopolitical divides, and prompting a fundamental question: are the lives shaped by such immense power really all that different, and can we even distinguish between them in a set of photographs?