Russia

summerisle · October 24, 2020

She should come over here, couldn't do any worse than some of our politicians.

'A Responsible Job': Deep In Russia, A Village Cleaner Sweeps To Power After Beating The Kremlin's Man

Every day, Marina Udgodskaya would come to the local administration building in the Russian village of Povalikhino to clean her boss’s office and throw wood on the fire. Now she runs the place, having routed the five-year incumbent in a resounding rejection of the ruling party he represented.

www.rferl.org

Methuselah · October 24, 2020

Putins tactics? I think he will play 5 at the back and if things aren't going well by half-time, change to 4 3 3.

summerisle · November 17, 2020

Russia discovers ‘road of bones’ on frozen highway in Siberia

Human skull and other remains buried in sand near Irkutsk may date from 1917-22 civil war

www.theguardian.com

summerisle · January 15, 2021

Translation : Using a napkin, put on your lap not into your collar.
Eat with a fork, not a knife.
Hold a glass like this (not the stem).
Wine, vodka, other alcoholic drinks (2 to 3 takes per glass). No glass touches, hold it up in front of your mouth and say a toast.