Did The Soviets Invent Signature Cocktails?
Do you have a signature cocktail? Neither do I but apparently we should. According to the NYT’s ‘Alcohol And Life‘ section (now there’s a section header), what we choose to drink can reveal more about...
View ArticleOligarchs Fall On Hard Times
Around a week ago, billionaire Alexander Antonov was shot in Kaliningrad. By some miracle, 18 bullets didn’t kill him – he took five in the stomach, one in the chest and one blew off a finger. It...
View ArticleThe Russians Aren’t Coming
Despite the fabled sexual exploits of Russian Women, it isn’t resulting in a whole heap of babies. At least every couple of weeks you will read some news story about Russia’s demographic meltdown. Yet...
View ArticleComing Right Up. Victory Day, May 9
A Russian girl directing a Red Army convoy towards Berlin in 1944 ‘Operation Barbarossa’ was Hitler’s plan to defeat Russia in 4 months flat. Yet it wasn’t until 4 years later, on May 9th., 1945, that...
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