I have observed that the New Russians have transmogrified into a more sophisticated bunch that would fit in pretty well in California, health conscious sushi eaters, hanging out in chichi coffeehouses. So much for all the jokes from a decade ago like:
"The New Russian is taken up in a plane to see real estate. The realtor says, 'There is a second-half of the seventeenth century chateau,' and the New Russian says, "Oh, where is the first half?'" Barkley Rosser ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Doss" <itschris13 at hotmail.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 5:34 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Government powers (was: Emailer setting request)
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> >>From: "Barkley Rosser" <rosserjb at jmu.edu>
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> >> There is still a very big Lenin statue in October Squrare
> >>in Moscow, site of the ending or beginning of most major
> >>KPRF demos. Ironically the square is ringed (or was the
> >>last time I was there) with all kinds of fly-by-night banks.
> >>Barkley Rosser
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> There's also a nice coffeehouse nearby and a sushi restaurant.
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> One shouldn't omit the huge bust of Lenin in the Leningradskii Train
> Station, and the Lenins that decorate the metro.
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> Once outside Moscow, there is a statue of Lenin in front of every
government
> building in every town in Russia, practically.
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