The State of Affairs in Russia

[Syt]

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that it was probably said jokingly.

[Eddie Teach]

Does anyone in Russia realize how pathetic the quote about Putin's iron handshake sounds?

You know the place better than we do... /shrug

[Liep]

Does anyone in Russia realize how pathetic the quote about Putin's iron handshake sounds?  They're moving into North Korean territory when it comes to glorifying their dear leader.

At least the Russians are still allowed to joke about it.

— Мне Путин руку пожал.
— О, круто! Наверное, теперь неделю не будешь мыть?
— Две. Пока гипс не снимут.

[DGuller]

Does anyone in Russia realize how pathetic the quote about Putin's iron handshake sounds?  They're moving into North Korean territory when it comes to glorifying their dear leader.

At least the Russians are still allowed to joke about it.

— Мне Путин руку пожал.
— О, круто! Наверное, теперь неделю не будешь мыть?
— Две. Пока гипс не снимут.

[Syt]

I think Lolek and Bolek need their own thread.

[Queequeg]

How does Liep know Russian?

[Liep]

How does Liep know Russian?

I've studied Russian at uni since 2013.

[grumbler]

How does Liep know Russian?

I've studied Russian at uni since 2013.

.. last night.

[Liep]

.. last night.

she said,
"Oh, baby, I feel so down.
Oh it turns me off,
When I feel left out."

?

[Ed Anger]

How does Liep know Russian?

Starting a dossier for your Persian buddies?

[Eddie Teach]

.. last night.

she said,
"Oh, baby, I feel so down.
Oh it turns me off,
When I feel left out."

?

See, grumbler, he don't understand.

[mongers]

Putin may not be the only one at 'it':

Yanukovych ally Peklushenko in new Ukraine mystery death

A former regional governor has been found dead in Ukraine, the latest in a series of deaths involving allies of deposed President Viktor Yanukovych.

Oleksandr Peklushenko, former head of Zaporizhzhya, had suffered a gunshot wound to the neck and authorities said initial inquiries pointed to suicide.

A member of Ukraine's Party of the Regions, he was being investigated over the dispersal of protesters last year.

Five other officials also died in mysterious circumstances this year.

All of them supposedly took their own lives in the past six weeks
Stanislav Melnyk, 53, an ex-MP was found shot dead in his bathroom on 9 March
Mykhaylo Chechetov, former party deputy chairman, died after apparently jumping from a window in his 17th-floor flat on 28 February; he had been accused of abuse of office and fraud
Serhiy Valter, a mayor in the south-eastern city of Melitopol, was found hanged on 25 February; he too had been accused of abuse of office
Oleksandr Bordyuh, a former police deputy chief in Melitopol linked to Mr Valter, was found dead at his home on 26 February
Oleksiy Kolesnyk, ex-head of Kharkiv's regional government was found hanged on 29 January

An interior ministry source told Interfax Ukraine news agency Mr Peklushenko, 60, had committed suicide in the village of Sonyachne, near Zaporizhzhya city.

However officials said other theories were being investigated including murder.
.....

Full article here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31855700


I wouldn't be surprised if someone here suggests it's the work of the Russians to discredit the Ukrainians.

[DGuller]

Wow, these Yanukovich allies are really desperate to make Poroshenko look bad.

[grumbler]

Wow, these Yanukovich allies are really desperate just dying to make Poroshenko look bad.

FYPFY

[Martinus]

So, apparently Putin has not been seen in public for a week.

Although I heard someone saw him at a farmer's market near Warsaw. Perhaps it's time to send him to Kremlin, with Polish troops.