Insider feature by Marielle Descalsota, who visits Dumplings.ru in March 2022 amid the Ukraine war. Describes the Maxwell outlet’s decor (walls plastered with Russian/Ukrainian memorabilia, Europop music) and fully occupied lunch crowd businessinsider.com . Narrates an interaction with owner Vadim Zubovskyy (born in a Ukrainian city to a Ukrainian father and Russian mother) who works full-time in shipping while managing the restaurant with his wife businessinsider.com businessinsider.com . The piece notes the restaurant’s unique positioning as Singapore’s only Russian-Ukrainian eatery, serving pelmeni and vareniki (dubbed “ang moh dumplings”) made from scratch daily businessinsider.com . It addresses how the owners navigated political tensions: after Russia’s invasion, they faced online attacks (one person told Vadim to “get Putin to stop the war”) businessinsider.com . In response, they donated 10% of delivery sales to the Ukrainian Red Cross and offered free food to stranded Russian/Ukrainian students businessinsider.com . Vadim steers conversation away from politics, focusing on sharing family recipes. Overall, it’s a profile of resilience – the owners consciously keep politics out of the dining experience while using food to build cultural bridges businessinsider.com businessinsider.com . (Subscription required)