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Brown, pink snow 'not harmful to residents'
Though additional tests have yet to be done, the Russian state consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has come out and said that the brown and pink snow that has fallen in parts of the Russian south “is not harmful to residents.” Again, … Continue reading
Russia axes food inspections, Upton Sinclair spins in grave
What do you do if you have too many bogus food inspectors? Why, cancel all food inspections, of course! Which is exactly what the Russian government is doing. No more food inspections AT ALL until we can cleanse the country … Continue reading
In tone-deaf olympics, Moscow takes gold
The economic crisis — or “kreezis” as it’s known here — smacked Russia upside the head in 2008, basically putting a minus sign in front of its stellar growth rates and threatening its position as a BRIC country. But no … Continue reading
Medvedev: It's just a matter of time zones
I am watching President Dmitry Medvedev’s state of the country address in an accoustically unfriendly marble hall and was amazed to hear the following proposal: reduce the number of time zones in Russia. Russians, he said, are proud of the … Continue reading
