Tag: Russia
Russian brown bears are noble wild beasts, when not forced to ride motorcycles in the circus. Also, when they’re not huffing empty aviation fuel barrels. These bears are high. Theses bears are really, really high. The bears of Kronotsky Nature Reserve were drawn in by the scent of gasoline and now, look at that bear. Look at him […]
Putin is in Amsterdam on business and Amsterdam’s like BOOOOO. And so, a perfect protest has been executed by Amnesty International via these official looking signs posted around the city as “billboards” and “police tape.” This action reminds us of artist Jay Shells’ etiquette signs. That’s awesome. Our favorite is “Punk Bands Strictly Prohibited: Do not frighten president Putin. Keep […]
Oh, wow, that’s so cool man how you and your buds climbed those famous pyramids in Egypt and took some photos and Gawker’s like waaaahhh. Tell me about it in Russian. “One of the richest experiences of my life.” Was it now? How you climbed 450 feet upon extremely old and fragile architecture and how you had to hide out in […]
Oh, just so you know, this has absolutely nothing to do with anything Pussy Riot stands for, except for the blatant hijacking of their signature balaclavas and the “Free Pussy Riot” song Peaches wrote for Pussy Riot. Every possible explanation that lingerie brand’s ad department is seeding into the YouTube comments by dropping the FreePussyRiot.org […]
After the public trial and imprisonment of Pussy Riot, two of the activists are currently serving two years in some of the most dangerous and notoriously decrepit prison work camps in Russia… for 40 seconds of dancing in a church. According to activist Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s husband Peter Verzilov, Tolokonnikova spends eight hours a day sewing these outfits. Things weren’t exactly cool […]
Best. New. Tumblr. Behold: Russian Life, as Explained by the National. Self-explanatory. I mean, unless I have to explain to you again why the Russian “election” Putin-Medvedev-Putin switcheroo is a good fit for “Anybody’s Ghost.” Everything, right here: Anna Chapman, Pussy Riot… with perfect mash-up-meme-pithiness. […]
So, it’s March 8th, International Women’s Day. Russian immigrants give their moms’ a call. Most former Soviet Socialist Republics celebrate similarly. Others, around the world, protest glaring inequalities and abuse. It’s only appropriate that in the neu-repressive Russia, dozens of protestors were plucked from several demonstrations around the city and arrested for “administrative misdemeanours for […]
“Look at me, I’m an eight-year-old child driving… If only Nastya could see me now!” “Don’t worry. We’ll put it on Facebook.” “Gas! More gas! Hit 100kph at least.” Yup. Here’s a little girl from St Petersburg driving Audi, ever accelerating down the wintry road to the brusk encouragements of her dad. But that’s ok, […]
I’mma let you internet, but this Russian talking hamster toy commercial IS THE BEST COMERCIAL OF ALL TIME. Watch this gentleman have fun with this thing that repeats everything he says or sings. And then he confuses a traffic cop. And there’s dashcams footage, represent! “Hello, I am Captain Dobrinin. License and registration, please.” “Hello, I am […]
In January, Melville House reported a story about the Nabokov Museum at his estate outside St. Petersburg being vandalized by a group “unable,” among other things, “to separate fact from fiction.” It had a tone vaguely reminiscent of an Onion piece and described how a small group, going by some combination of “Orthodox Cossacks” and “free […]
