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November 19, 2014 Rhett Jones

Another explosion was captured on dashcams in the rural skies of Eastern Russia. About 1500 miles from Moscow, in the Sverdlovsk region, a huge bright orange flash hovered above. No one is entirely sure what it was. The Russian government is denying any involvement, but after they lied about the toxicity of the strange noxious cloud […]

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May 10, 2013 Marina Galperina

Watch the road. Watch the road disintegrate, swallow itself. Watch the street lights mosh the sky into the traffic, like a windshield wiper plowing down everything. First thought: Leos Carax, Holy Motors.  Paris galerie charlot set up shop in a minimal corner booth at the inaugural CutLog New York art fair in PS 160. The three Jacques Perconte video works are […]

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May 3, 2013 Marina Galperina

In case you’re wondering, Russian dash-cams don’t just capture terrible crashes, fist fights, meteorites, tanks and crooked cops. Here is a beautiful, beautiful reel of the good people doing the good things Jalopnik found. Watch drivers hop out of their cars to walk old ladies across the intersection, catch stray animals, brush off snow from their […]

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February 21, 2013 Marina Galperina

Remember when that 10-ton meteorite fell 30,000 mph into a Russian lake and suddenly, all these dashcam videos popped up online and you were like waaaaaa? And then the whole internet is like, WHY DO RUSSIANS HAVE DASH CAMS?!!! And then this ANIMAL article from 2012 — Dash-Cams: Russia’s Last Hope for Civility and Survival on […]

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February 15, 2013 Marina Galperina

Friday morning in the Russian Ural city of Chelyabinsk, a 10-ton meteor plummeted out of the sky. Inevitably, it was recorded on the dashcams. The residents of the city are being treated for minor injuries to the flying glass and debris. According to the latest from the governor, 950 people were injured and 3000 buildings were […]

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February 5, 2013 Marina Galperina

We’ve already discussed the various reasons why Russians have dash-cams, reasons which may or may not be tank related. But here’s one Russian driver who isn’t intimidated by the legally-sporadic and “allegedly” bribe-happy traffic police. Meet Russian taxi driver Nikitta Rumyantsev who knows his traffic laws. All of them. Verbatim. And when the cops who stop […]

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January 28, 2013 Marina Galperina

Oh, no big deal, it’s just A TANK ROLLING THROUGH A HIGHWAY!!! And the best part, the utter nonchalance of the driver and his passenger. They’re like, “Oh. Look. A tank.” In monotone. As terrible Russian pop music bleats softly in the background. Oop, and there it went. Rollin’ on then. On the Russian dash-cam forums, […]

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