Tag: Slav Beat
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 […]
We’re not short on New York subway freak-out videos here, but here’s a special gem for your Monday morning, from Russia with love. Or rather, from Russia with VERY, VERY ANGRY. Here’s a gentleman simply trying to use the International Metro Station Stop in St. Petersburg. The only problem is that it’s closed. It’s a […]
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 […]
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, […]
Recently, French actor Gérard Depardieu publicly denounced France’s rich-people tax increase proposal and accepted Russian citizenship — with much pomp and opulent pandering from the Russian press. He is also Putin’s BFF now. They’re like, hanging out and calling each other “friends” on TV and stuff. And so, Depardieu was asked how he can be such a […]
This is the Orda Cave, the biggest underwater crystal cave in the world in Perm, Russia. On the day of this mystical photo-shoot with the two-times free diving world champion Natalia Avseenko, it was -32.8F outside. The water was a brisk 41 F. Nice face, Natalia. Very stoic… considering you’re floating in ice slushy. It’s so cold here, […]
“In Russia, graves are ridiculous!” I swear, if I see anyone reposting these and writing that, I will personally smack them. I will find them IRL and smack them. And so. Not all Russian graves have swag, but when they do… A certain Russian blogger has recently rehashed these marvels. He presents them as opulent post-mortem totems to […]
