April 19, 2008 in humor, neeka: photos, ukr: kyiv

A bus stop in Kyiv: Institute of Sugar Beets:

April 13, 2008 in feminism, humor, neeka: photos, ukr: kyiv

On Mala Zhytomyrska, about halfway down to Maidan – these lovely neighbors:

Sharing the same entrance are: Ukrainian Cossacks; the Party of Spirituality and Patriotism; an agency selling “elite real estate of Crimea’s Southern Coast” – and A Foreign Affair, a dating service.
If this isn’t enough, the door also carries Victor Tsoy’s name – В. Цой [...]

April 1, 2008 in 2008: istanbul, feminism, humor, neeka: photos

A Russian (or, perhaps, a Ukrainian, Belarusian, or Moldovan?) in Istanbul on March 14.

She was trying to figure out how to buy a jeton – and she was being so slow that a perfectly Soviet line eventually formed behind her.
Here’s one of the things she asked the Turkish guy who was trying to [...]

March 26, 2008 in humor, links, neeka: blog notes, rus: culture, rus: kavkaz, rus: st. pete, video: misc

(Another test post – it’s not working too smoothly, but I’ll get used eventually, I hope.)
Russian answer to the “Americans are NOT stupid” video
tags: kinda funny, rus, video
dmitrivrubel: Ramzan Kadyrov’s motorcade
tags: Chechnya, Kadyrov, kinda funny, rus, video

March 26, 2008 in humor, links, neeka: blog notes, world: kavkaz, world: turkey

(A test post – I’m trying to switch from Facebook’s Posted Items to something more public and am testing Diigo now.)
Марк Григорян – Стамбульский аэропорт
tags: Armenia, Istanbul, Russia, rus
A comment (RUS) by an Armenian on Russians at Istanbul airport…

February 6, 2008 in humor, media, rus: election '08, rus: medvedev, rus: politics, rus: putin, rus: tv

Another journalistic marvel from RTR (the first one’s here), from the Dec. 23, 2007, show.
First, in Russian:
Тандем идет на выборы
На благо Родины
На прошедшей неделе стало ясно, что новогодние праздники страна проведет, уже абсолютно понимая, что ждет ее дальше. “Единая Россия” официально подтвердила выдвижение Дмитрия Медведева кандидатом в президенты. А президент действующий, хотя и мог сохранять [...]

February 4, 2008 in holodomor, humor, media, migration, rus/ukr, rus: election '08, rus: politics, rus: shenderovich, rus: tv, ukr: history, world: balkans, world: u.s.

I rarely watch TV now, but today I’ve spent about half an hour glued to Vesti Nedeli on RTR (Rossiya TV Channel). It’s a gorgeous show, a great example of how perverted journalism has become here. Too bad I can’t find any video to support my claim. They’ve got partial transcripts of all their items [...]

January 25, 2008 in humor, media, rus/ukr, rus: tv

Russian Channel 1 (ORT) is so unbearably cute: according to their man in Kyiv, “85 Ukrainians” are opposed to joining NATO.

December 28, 2007 in humor, neeka: life, neeka: photos, rus: moscow

First, about a month ago, I saw the word PEACE – МИР – written on the roof of a car parked down below. I thought it was rather … well, rather peaceful for this part of the world.
Then, a few weeks later, I saw the word GAY – ГЕЙ – on this or some [...]

December 11, 2007 in global voices, humor, rus: election '07, rus: politics

This is really funny – I’ve just stumbled upon this photoshopped image of a United Russia campaign ad of the “Putin’s Plan” variety – at Discovery Institute’s Real Russia Project (aka Russia Blog):

Here’s a quick translation for Charles Ganske, the man who mistook this for the real thing:
I smoked it. It kicks ass!
Putin’s Plan.Tkachev’s Plan.
By [...]