Monday, May 9, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Epiphany Bathing
Every year on the 19th of January Russian Orthodox add another hardship to the list - they dive naked into the icy water. That's Epiphany Bathing.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Flying donkey shocks beachgoers in Russia's south
Police in southern Russia will launch a probe into an initiative by local entrepreneurs who sent a donkey into the sky on a parachute in an advertising stunt.
The official spokesman for the local directorate of the Interior Ministry told reporters that the parachuting donkey incident took place last Thursday on an Azov Sea beach in the Temryk District in Krasnodar. "They gave this donkey a parachute ride in order to attract holidaymakers' attention to this sort of entertainment. The parasailing donkey brayed and the children cried, but no one was smart enough to inform the police about the incident," RIA Novosti news agency quoted the official as saying Monday. The police will launch a probe and if the entrepreneurs are found guilty, they could face criminal persecution under the article on cruel treatment of animals of the Russian Criminal Code, which carries a maximum punishment of two years in prison.
The official spokesman for the local directorate of the Interior Ministry told reporters that the parachuting donkey incident took place last Thursday on an Azov Sea beach in the Temryk District in Krasnodar. "They gave this donkey a parachute ride in order to attract holidaymakers' attention to this sort of entertainment. The parasailing donkey brayed and the children cried, but no one was smart enough to inform the police about the incident," RIA Novosti news agency quoted the official as saying Monday. The police will launch a probe and if the entrepreneurs are found guilty, they could face criminal persecution under the article on cruel treatment of animals of the Russian Criminal Code, which carries a maximum punishment of two years in prison.
Orthodox Church is the basis for modernization
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"Orthodox christianity currently is the basis for modernization. I personally believe that Russian computers should be produced under supervision of Russian monasteries: smart prayers, smart design, smart monkhood. We believe that Skolkovo project should adopt orthodox center for innovations, just because the Church is the basis for modernization, not an obstacle", - says Kirill Frolov, the Head of Orthodox Experts Association.
source.
"Orthodox christianity currently is the basis for modernization. I personally believe that Russian computers should be produced under supervision of Russian monasteries: smart prayers, smart design, smart monkhood. We believe that Skolkovo project should adopt orthodox center for innovations, just because the Church is the basis for modernization, not an obstacle", - says Kirill Frolov, the Head of Orthodox Experts Association.
source.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Fluffy apartment for rent in Moscow
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Want to live in a cozy fluffy studio in Moscow? Now renting for just $1300/month.
Original classified ad:
http://www.cian.ru/showphoto.php?id_flat=5730545
Want to live in a cozy fluffy studio in Moscow? Now renting for just $1300/month.
Original classified ad:
http://www.cian.ru/showphoto.php?id_flat=5730545
"I am a theft"
...that's the name of the book Russian policeman is reading. Quite a frank confession, huh?
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