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• Akim of Priozersk Fired

  Kairat Smagulova, mayor of Priozersk, in Karagranda oblast has been fired for failing to provide heat to the people. On 3 Jan, a hot water heater that serves 67 homes and 34 businesses failed, leading to 11 days without heat. Meanwhile in Semipalatinsk, where the temperture has fallen to -45 in recent days, one heater […]

  1/19/11 • (Comments Off on Akim of Priozersk Fired)

• Better Than a Guard Dog

  An old story that I never got around to posting about: Apparently a circus owner from Kostanai came to Karaganda to buy a lion for his circus. That’s not unusual; there’s a zoo in Karaganda. He picked him up in a Gazelle, which is a big moving van style truck. And the lion was locked […]

  9/09/10 • (1)

• NSFW in Russian-speaking offices

  Some creative photography used in a park in Karaganda via NewEurasia. It’s pretty clever and also funny, but definitely not to be opened with Russian speaking colleagues looking over your shoulder. So when you’re alone, click here! Even though jokes aren’t funny when you have to explain them, I will say that the word in […]

  10/11/09 • (Comments Off on NSFW in Russian-speaking offices)