Hi, you are right about the slowness of the Moscow VO. In my case the notification from Canada came in September that my case got positive review and that the dox have been sent to Moscow VO. Since that time no further information followed. As per CIC web site the process with Moscow VO takes around 24 months and they do not reply to any enqueries unless this time passes. It is very slow. Hope is what we have now. That is it.